Monday, December 18, 2017

Mother says her toddler’s death in foster care was neglect. The state disagrees.



Conner Hawes drowned in a moss-covered decorative fish pond at his foster parents’ home near Fort Scott on Aug. 18, two months shy of his second birthday.

His foster father was inside watching television while Conner and three other foster children played outside, a sheriff’s report says. Under state foster care regulations, such ponds are hazards, and young children aren’t supposed to have unsupervised access.

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