Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Welfare Worker and Supervisor Charged in Death of Child

Welfare Worker and Supervisor Charged in Death of Child

A former city child welfare worker and his supervisor were indicted on charges of criminally negligent homicide, the Brooklyn district attorney announced Wednesday, saying that their failures had contributed to the death of a 4-year-old Brooklyn girl, Marchella Pierce, who had been repeatedly beaten and tied to a bed and weighed just 18 pounds at the end of her life in September.

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