Our adoption system is failing children. The review into the death of Elsie Scully-Hicks identified important lessons for professionals involved in protecting children. But it does not go far enough: it misses a number of fundamental flaws in the system that were evident before her death. These flaws can lead to vulnerable children being rushed into unsuitable adoptions, and then pushed back into care once the adoption breaks down.
Adopted girl's remains found in attic after chilling phone call
- Abusers job or title:: Adoptive Parents
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- Category: Adopted to death
- Created: Tuesday, 04 February 2020 11:38
- Written by Yahoo 7 News
A married couple has been arrested after the remains of a little girl were recovered in an attic of a home that burned down.
The grisly discovery was made days after an 11-year-old girl called police on January 20 and said she was home alone.
When police responded, they found evidence of child abuse and the Arizona Department of Child Safety removed the girl from the home.
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- Abuser Name or Alias:: Rafael and Maribel Loera
- Abusers Organisation:: Arizona Department of Child Safety
- Type of Abuse:: Neglect, Death
- Matter Resolved?: Ongoing
DCS releases statement on child abuse case where an adopted child's bones were found in Phoenix home
- Abusers job or title:: Adoptive parents
- Details
- Category: Adopted to death
- Created: Friday, 07 February 2020 00:17
- Written by Perry Vandell - Arizona Republic
Family of Charisma Marquez speaks out.
The Arizona Department of Child Safety released a statement Thursday afternoon on its involvement in a case in which a child's remains were discovered shortly after three other children were removed from a home in Phoenix.
DCS removed three children from the home of Rafael Loera, 56, and Maribel Loera, 50, on suspicion of child abuse in January. Phoenix police arrested the couple after firefighters noticed human remains hidden within drywall after they extinguished a fire at their west Phoenix home on Jan. 28.
- Abuser Name or Alias:: Rafael Loera, 56, and Maribel Loera, 50,
- Abusers Organisation:: DCS Arizona
- Type of Abuse:: Physical, Neglect, Death
- Matter Resolved?: Ongoing
Starved adopted teen dead, found in diaper on linoleum floor, records reveal
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- Category: Adopted to death
- Created: Wednesday, 01 November 2017 11:14
- Written by Grant Rodgers - Des Moines Register
Natalie Finn, the West Des Moines teenager who starved to death in October, was wearing an adult diaper and lying on the linoleum floor of her bare bedroom when police and medics discovered her, according to newly unsealed court documents.
The 16-year-old "appeared to have been laying on the floor ... in her own waste for some time," West Des Moines police Det. Chris Morgan wrote in an affidavit. She died a short time later at a hospital.
The home reeked of both human and animal waste. Blankets that were "heavily soaked" in what officers believed was urine covered the floor of the room Natalie shared with two of her siblings, according to the documents. The room had no beds or furniture.
- Abuser Name or Alias:: Adoptive Mother Nicole Finn
- Abusers Organisation:: DHS Des Moine
- Type of Abuse:: Physical, Neglect, Emotional, Psychological or Mental, Death
- Matter Resolved?: Yes
Baby died in care of foster father who adopted 15 kids
- Editors notes: Baby died in care of gay foster father who adopted 15 kids. Husband is Stephen Ham.
- Abusers job or title:: Gay Fostercarers with 15 children and an infant.
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- Category: Adopted to death
- Created: Thursday, 03 October 2019 20:30
- Written by KNXV News
Phoenix. Multiple parents are grieving the loss of 4-month-old Samora Cousin. The infant girl died in the backseat of a van Tuesday afternoon, according to Phoenix police.
She was in the care of a foster parent who told officers he picked up the baby for an appointment and forgot to drop her off again before returning to work at the Washington Elementary School District Service Center, where he was a supervisor.
- Abuser Name or Alias:: Roger Ham - had 15 adopted children in his [care].
- Abusers Organisation:: Arizona Child Protective Services
- Type of Abuse:: Physical, Neglect, Death
Why did it take a child's death to reveal adoption system failings?
- Abusers job or title:: Adoptive Father
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- Category: Adopted to death
- Created: Friday, 23 August 2019 00:49
- Written by Stanley Mason - Guardian UK
The case of Elsie Scully-Hicks highlights inadequate levels of scrutiny that social workers have long known need reform
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