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Friday, May 09, 2008

Child protective services fails to protect. Who is to blame?

Child protective services fails to protect. Who is to blame?

On August 21, 2001, police arrested Michael Ortega because he was screaming uncontrollably in the street and violently banging on a refrigerator. A urine test later showed Ortega was under the influence of PCP.

Child Protective Services of Sacramento County (CPS) took Ortega’s 11-year-old daughter Michaelina into protective custody.

A rookie CPS social worker conducted a woefully inadequate investigation and returned Michaelina to her father’s home three days later. Four days after that Ortega stabbed Michaelina in the heart and lung. The stabbing was completely predictable given Ortega’s extensive rap sheet. CPS and the social worker claimed immunity from liability.

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