California falling behind in child abuse death disclosure

California falling behind in child abuse death disclosure


Imagine a 7-year-old child, starved by a parent, shrinking from 60 to 50 to 25 pounds before dying, despite periodic visits by local social workers. Imagine a child dying from a potentially curable disease whose family is withholding treatment and who is known to local officials. Imagine a child who has been repeatedly and severely beaten, yet remains under the roof of a stepfather with a long record of violent assault.