Report: 14 Montana Kids Died Within a Year of Abuse Reports
Source: Flathead Beacon
Report: 14 Montana Kids Died Within a Year of Abuse Reports
Montana Child and Family Ombudsman's report marks the first time the state has examined such deaths
By AMY BETH HANSON, Associated Press // Jan 5, 2017
HELENA Three months after child welfare workers received reports about methamphetamine use in a Great Falls low-income apartment, police found an infant girl dead in a freezing cold room with the window open in winter.
The babys mother had a previous conviction for possession of drug paraphernalia and her live-in boyfriend had been convicted of domestic violence. That gave the case virtually every red flag identified in a new analysis of the deaths of 14 Montana children whose plights had been reported to authorities within a year before they died.
The Montana Child and Family Ombudsmans report released last week marks the first time the state has examined such deaths. But the report lacks key information that critics say shows the state needs to do more.
It doesnt say, for example, how all of the children died during that 16-month stretch, in part because lawmakers two years ago decided against creating a commission to review child deaths and near deaths attributed to abuse and neglect. Such a commission would have had access to medical and legal records that could provide that information.
Read more: http://flatheadbeacon.com/2017/01/05/report-14-montana-kids-died-within-year-abuse-reports/
Maybe this is news of interest to residents of Montana only, but 14 kids?
Also, meth use goes on from sea to shining sea. I suspect you can find this all across the U and S of A.
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