The pinwheels serve as a visual reminder of the child abuse that continues to occur in the community. The pinwheels were introduced as a national symbol because, by nature, the pinwheel connotes playfulness, joy, and childhood -- a reminder of the great childhoods all children deserve.
A Cheyenne man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and felony child abuse in the 2021 death of a two-year-old Cheyenne boy whose body was found in a dumpster, prosecutors say.