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FOSTER CARE DEATHS

Failure of Child Protective Services to Protect the Children

       

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Two lists of children who have died the foster care system (click here) and (click here)
 

Name Age/Date of Death Location Cause of Death News
 
Aaron Gilbert
 
 
14 months
11/4/06
 
UK - social services knew there was a problem, child remained with mother. Died after being beaten by mother's boyfriend. Articles
Baby Charles
     
 
7 months
8/2006
 
Foster care home Baby Charles was killed by blunt force trauma to the head. His death was ruled a homicide.
 
Charles' Main Page
Christopher Michael
  
 
8 years old
11/24/02
Foster / adopted parents' home Was found dead in the home of his foster parents. Four years after his death police arrested his foster mother on suspicion she abused and neglected him. Christopher's Main Page
Dustin E. Phelps
  
 
14 years old
3/1/98
 
Lancaster Foster Home, Ohio Strapped in a blanket in a bed article; article 2
Jaime Ceballos
 
2 years old
11/27/05
 
Cactus Court Foster Care Home operated by Ada and Antonio Sifuentes Pathologist's report: Jaime sustained a blow to the stomach, caused by "forceful impact by or against" a smooth object, about two inches wide. It apparently happened several days before he died, according to the report. The force ripped apart his small intestine and bowel tissues, unleashing a torrent of blood and an infection.
 
Jaime's Main Page
Keyana Bravo-Hamilton
 
  
 
2 years old
9/4/06
Oregon State Foster Care

[State funded]

Keyana's foster mother was arrested after her 2-year old foster daughter died of internal injuries. The mother is accused of murder by abuse, according to police.
 
Keyana's Main Page
Logan Marr

 
 
5 years old
1/31/01
  Foster mother Sally Schofield, a highly respected former caseworker for Maine's Department of Human Services (DHS), would later be tried and convicted of manslaughter after police determined that Logan had died from asphyxiation after being bound with duct tape and strapped into a high chair in the basement.
 
Logan's Story
Marcus Fiesel

 
 
3 years old
August 2006
 
State foster care

[State funded]

He was wrapped in a blanket then taped to a high chair and left alone for two days while his foster family went out of town. When they returned, he was dead. They burned his body.
 
Marcus' Main Page
Nathaniel Saunsoci-Mitchell

  
20 months
September 24, 2006
 
Tribal foster home of Carlos and Tisha Vega of South Sioux City (5 of their own children and 5 tribal wards) Cause of death still being investigated, but it has been determined his death was not from natural causes. The child's body did show evidence of trauma. Nathaniel had previous injuries in the form of dog bites on his face, a broken clavicle and a broken leg that was in a cast.
 
Nathaniel's Main Page

 

 

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