State's attorney: DCFS hindered probe of child's injuries
Madison County State's Attorney William Mudge said Tuesday his office's efforts to protect a battered 3-year-old were thwarted when a state child protection worker told a judge the toddler's injuries were accidental.
The child, Joseph Schoolfield, died nearly two months later, on Jan. 24 at Children's Hospital in St. Louis. The Clinton County Sheriff's Department is investigating his death.
On Tuesday, Mudge issued a statement saying he wanted to refute a claim made Monday by a DCFS spokesman that the agency repeatedly tried to take the child into protective custody but a judge ruled he should remain in his home.
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