AUSTIN, Texas - Texas has not publicly reported hundreds of abuse- and neglect-related child deaths since 2010, raising questions about the accuracy of the state's official fatality count, an Austin American-Statesman investigation into the state's child protection system has found. Between 2010 and 2014, the Department of Family and Protective Services did not publicly report 655 child … [Read more...]
Nashua mother charged in death of 3-year-old daughter
Grandmother says state, court failed at-risk girl A Nashua woman was arrested Friday and charged with the death of her 3-year-old daughter, according to New Hampshire Attorney General Joseph Foster’s office. Katlyn Marin, 25, was charged with second-degree murder for “recklessly causing the death of her daughter, Brielle Gage,” the attorney general’s office said in a statement Saturday. [Read … [Read more...]
Abused kids die as authorities fail to protect
BUTTE, Montana (AP) — At least 786 children died of abuse or neglect in the U.S. in a six-year span in plain view of child protection authorities — many of them beaten, starved or left alone to drown while agencies had good reason to know they were in danger, The Associated Press has found. To determine that number, the AP canvassed the 50 states, the District of Columbia and all branches of … [Read more...]
L.A. County fielded numerous complaints before deaths of two children
Over the last eight months, Los Angeles County social workers fielded repeated reports that Alan Dean Edwards' two children were in danger. They opened investigations and let some complaints languish past the state's 30-day deadline, according to county records reviewed by The Times and interviews with officials familiar with the case. Then came news that Edwards had died along with his … [Read more...]
Pa. killings suspect found dead with self-inflicted knife wounds
Iraq War veteran Bradley William Stone was found dead in the woods near his home, two days after he was suspected of killing his ex-wife and five of her relatives and seriously wounding another outside Philadelphia. Montgomery District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman said the former Marine appeared to have died of self-inflicted "cutting wounds'' to the center of his body, though an official cause … [Read more...]
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