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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Wed Jan 15, 2014, 07:16 PM Jan 2014

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Caretaker indicted in case of 4-year-old tortured boy, body still unclaimed

Eyewitness News
NEW YORK (WABC) -- A Grand Jury indicted the girlfriend of Myls Dobson's father, who was caring for the boy at the time of his death.

Authorities say 4-year-old Myls Dobson was starved, burned, tortured and forced into the freezing cold on the fire escape before he died. He weighed just 37 pounds, half the weight of a normal child his age.

The indictment against Kryzie King is sealed and it is not yet known if murder is one of the charges.

King is already charged with endangering Myls' welfare and assault.

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/new_york&id=9393820

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Caretaker indicted in case of 4-year-old tortured boy, body still unclaimed (Original Post) hrmjustin Jan 2014 OP

Why wasn't this child in the child protective system in some way? In_The_Wind Jan 2014 #1

Great question. hrmjustin Jan 2014 #2

So ... again Child Protective Services lets a child drop through the crack. In_The_Wind Jan 2014 #3

Looks like it. Just criminal. hrmjustin Jan 2014 #4

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

1. Why wasn't this child in the child protective system in some way?

Reply to hrmjustin (Original post)

Wed Jan 15, 2014, 07:30 PM

Jan 2014

When his father was sent to jail ... the courts were aware of the fact that he had a son. Why wasn't a social worker assigned to his case ?

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)

2. Great question.

Reply to In_The_Wind (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 15, 2014, 07:45 PM

Jan 2014

His mother was trying to get him back. She lost him because she was homeless I think.

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

3. So ... again Child Protective Services lets a child drop through the crack.

Reply to hrmjustin (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 15, 2014, 07:49 PM

Jan 2014

Social Services knew he was alive and in need of help.

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)

4. Looks like it. Just criminal.

Reply to In_The_Wind (Reply #3)

Wed Jan 15, 2014, 07:49 PM

Jan 2014

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