Our hearts go out to each of the following children, who have lost their
lives while in the supposed care and control
of Child Protective Services or as a direct result of their incompetence or
neglect.
If you want protection, don't look to government agencies to give it
to you. You may not be able to live with their solution.
This page is dedicated to the memory of the children who have died
after social service agencies removed them from the care of their
parents, placing them with foster care providers, adopted families,
group homes, or psychiatric facilities. In certain instances children
have died from the failure of child protection workers to help children
after reports have been made. May God forgive them because I can't.
Our prayers go out to the families who have loved and lost these precious
children.
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|  | Kyra Zubah
3-year-old
Okmulgee, OK
November 10, 2009
Head injury
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|  | Adrian Madrid
3-year-old
Las Vegas, Nevada
May 26, 2009
Accidental suffocation
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 | Gabriel Myers
7-year-old
Margate, Florida
April 16, 2009
Suicide by hanging
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|  | Shylae Thomas
9-year-old
Flint, Michigan
March 2009
Neglect and malnutrition
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 | Jeremiah Swafford
2-year-old
Shelby, North Carolina
February 14, 2009
Trauma to head and body
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|  | Carl Deloney
5-month-old
Bakersfield, California
December 18, 2008
Head trauma
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 | John Gifford
5-year-old
Wilson, Oklahoma
November 25, 2008
Massive head Injuries
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|  | Imani Jennings
20-months-old
Syracuse, New York
November 21, 2008
Beaten to death
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|  | Ryan Weeks
3-year-old
Elk City, Oklahoma
November 2, 2008
Blunt force trauma
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 | Jahmaurae Allen
4-year-old
Sacramento, California
July 21, 2008
Beaten to death
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|  | Taylor Webster
6-year-old
East Harlem, New York
May 18, 2008
Fentanyl Overdose
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 | Destiny Linden
7-week-old
Indianapolis, Indiana
April 29, 2008
Unsafe Sleeping?
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|  | Darius Clark
21-month-old
West Palm Beach, Florida
April 21, 2008
Drug overdose
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 | Calista Springer
16-year-old
Centreville, Michigan
February 27, 2008
Died in house fire
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|  | Valeeya Brazile
3-year-old
Fair Oaks, California
February 5, 2008
Beaten to death
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 | Cyrus Belt
23-month-old
Honolulu, Hawaii
January 17, 2008
Dropped from freeway bridge
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 | TaJanay Bailey
3-year-old
Indianapolis, Indiana
November 25, 2007
Blunt force trauma
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|  | Crystal Ramirez
8-years-old
Gonzales, Texas
August 23, 2007
Starved and Beaten to death
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 | Declan Stewart
5-year-old
Edmond, Oklahoma
August 12, 2007
Blunt force trauma
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|  | Lydia Alday
2-year-old
Galveston, Texas
June 8, 2007
To be determined
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 | Zahid Jones
3-year-old
Cape Coral, Florida
May 29, 2007
Abused
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 | Brandon Williams
5-year-old
Tucson, Arizona
March 21, 2007
Fatal overdose of non-prescription drugs
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 | Jonathan Carey
13-year-old
Schenectady, New York
February 15, 2007
Seizure during restraint
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|  | Destiny Jackson
15-month-old
St. Paul, Minnesota
February 13, 2007
Blunt force injuries
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|  | Sariyah Garcia
18-month-old
San Antonio, Texas
December 24, 2006
Beaten to death
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 | Da'mya Johnson
2-year-old
South Oak Cliff, Texas
December 22, 2006
Stabbed to death
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| | Deonna Green
2-year-old
Pittsburg, California
December 13, 2006
Poisoned with baking soda
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 | Rebecca Riley
4-years-old
Hull, Massachusetts
Dec. 13, 2006
Poisoned with Clonidine
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 | Samuel Barber
3-month-old
Luther, Oklahoma
December 4, 2006
Undetermined
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 | Angelina Espalin
4-year-old
Oceanside, California
November 19, 2006
Blunt-force head injuries
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|  | Keyandra Jackson
16-year-old
St. Louis, Missouri
October 31, 2006
Raped and strangled
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 | Raijon Daniels
8-year-old
Richmond, California
October 26, 2006
Torture and poison
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|  | Darrell Busby
14-year-old
Sumter, South Carolina
October 13, 2006
Respiratory failure
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 | Miranda Davila
2-year-old
Fullerton, California
October 9, 2006
Skull fracture
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|  | Andrew Burd
4-year-old
Corpus Christi, Texas
October 3, 2006
Choked to death
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 | Candice Raynor
15-year-old
Richmond, Virginia
September 30, 2006
Electrocuted
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|  | Kaden Schnitzler
2-year-old
Winnebago County, Illinois
September 25, 2006
Head injury
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|  | Allison Newman
2-year-old
Canton, Michigan
September 22, 2006
Traumatic head injury
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 | Alex Cullinane
13-year-old
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
August 12, 2006
Dehydration
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|  | Danieal Kelly
14-year-old
Ephrata, Pennsylvania
August 4, 2006
Dehydration
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 | Marcus Fiesel
3-year-old
Union Township, Ohio
August 4, 2006
Heat exhaustion
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 | Rocco Magliozzi
12-year-old
Gooding, Idaho
July 28, 2006
West Nile Virus (camp)
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 | Kiana Rosado
3-year-old
Brooklyn, New York
June 27, 2006
Lacerated liver
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 | Deraye Lewis
3-year-old
Bedfordshire, England
April 26, 2006
Beaten to death
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 | Anijah Burr
3-year-old
Spring Lake, North Carolina
March 27, 2006
Blunt force trauma
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|  | Sean Paddock
4-year-old
Johnston County, North Carolina
Feb. 26, 2006
Suffocation and battered
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| | Jerome Bennett
15-year-old
Oshawa, Ontario
Feb. 4, 2006
Homicide (stabbed)
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 | Marrieon Currie
11-week-old
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
January 25, 2006
Burned and beaten
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|  | Ahmad King
3-year-old
Jesup, Georgia
Jan. 24, 2006
Beaten to death
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 | Nixzmary Brown
7-year-old
Brooklyn, New York
January 11, 2006
Tortured and beaten to death
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 | Vatell Murray
15-year-old
Baltimore, Maryland
December 31, 2005
Multiple gunshot wounds
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|  | Johnny Lim
14-year-old
King County, Washington
December 26, 2005
Brain hemorrhage
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 | Dwight Hill
4-month-old
Tucson, Arizona
November 16, 2005
Skull fracture
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 | Sierra Roberts
7-year-old
Queens, New York
October 25, 2005
Severe internal injuries
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|  | Sidney Mahkuk
11-year-old
Minneapolis, Minnesota
October 23, 2005
Cocaine overdose
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|  | Linda Harris
14-year-old
Ashland City, Tennessee
September 18, 2005
Illegal restraint
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 | Alex Harris
12-year-old
Minden, Louisiana
September 13, 2005
Dehydration
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 | Emily Mays
16-month-old
Tucson, Arizona
August 24, 2005
Blunt force trauma
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 | Ricky Holland
7-year-old
Williamston, Michigan
July 1, 2005
Blunt force trauma
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 | Carlyle Mullins
5-year-old
Nashville, Tennessee
May 27, 2005
Severe brain injury
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|  | Travis Parker
13-year-old
Cleveland, Georgia
April 21, 2005
Illegal restraint
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 | Gregory Love
23-month-old
Jacksonville, Florida
April 20, 2005
Head injury
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|  | Jushai Spurgeon
14-month-old
Las Vegas, Nevada
April 3, 2005
Burns due to scalding
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 | Shelly Bash
8-year-old
Midland, Michigan
March 31, 2005
Heart Failure
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|  | Aiyana Gauvin
4-year-old
Lafayette, Indiana
March 16, 2005
Blunt force trauma
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 | Dontel Jeffers
4-year-old
Dorchester, Massachusetts
March 6, 2005
Died of cardiac arrest
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|  | Aaron O'Neil
3-month-old
Kenton, Newcastle
February 10, 2005
Skull fracture and burns
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|  | Ronnie Paris
3-year-old
Tampa, Florida
January 28, 2005
Beaten to death
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|  | Heaven Traverse
2-year-old
Fisher River, Manitoba
January 14, 2005
Beaten, Head Trauma
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 | Tyler DeLeon
7-year-old
Stevens County, Washington
January 13, 2005
Death by dehydration
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|  | Raiden Robinson
16-month-old
Washington
November 11, 2004
Starvation and dehydration
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|  | Shirley Arciszewski
12-year-old
Charlotte, North Carolina
September 11, 2004
Restraint death; asphyxia
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 | Erickyzha Warner
22-month-old
Saratoga Springs, New York
May 31, 2004
Untreated burns
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|  | Gareth Myatt
15-year-old
Northamptonshire, UK
April 19, 2004
Illegal restraint
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|  | Felix Chen
6-year-old
Bloomington, Indiana
April 1, 2004
Seizure-like episode
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 | Kedar Norris
5-year-old
Ashbury Park, New Jersey
March 29, 2004
Punched in the stomach
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|  | Dominic James Matz
19-month-old
Osawatomie, Kansas
February 15, 2004
Medical treatment withheld
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 | Ebony Smith
2-month-old
Horry County, South Carolina
February 14, 2004
Overdose from adult cough syrup
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|  | Kyle Young
16-year-old
Calgary, Canada
January 22, 2004
Suicide while in police custody
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 | Anthony Bars
4-year-old
Marion County, Indiana
Jan. 20, 2004
Beaten and starved
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|  | Jovonie Ochoa
4-year-old
San Antonio, Texas
December 25, 2003
Starved to death
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|  | Rafael Gomez
2-year-old
Ephrata, Washington
Sept. 10, 2003
Blunt-force trauma
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|  | Porchia Bennett
3-year-old
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
August 17, 2003
Beatings, suffocation and starvation
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|  | Chloe Fahey
5-year-old
Stretford, UK
June 27, 2003
Stabbed to death
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|  | Omar Paisley
17-year-old
Miami, Florida
June 9, 2003
Medical neglect
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 | Chloe Thomas
14-week-old
Pencoed, Bridgend (UK)
April 2003
Beaten
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|  | Joshua Causey
4-year-old
Dearborn, Michigan
March 18, 2003
Untreated Abuse
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 | Jasmine Galyer
3-year-old
Ripon Close, Scunthorpe, BC
February 5, 2003
Shaken and abused
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|  | Brian Edgar
9-year-old
Kansas City, Kansas
December 30, 2002
Asphyxiation
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|  | Jeffrey Baldwin
6-year-old
Toronto, Ontario
Nov. 30, 2002
Malnutrition and pneumonia
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|  | Danielle Reid
5-year-old
Inverness City, Scotland
November 6, 2002
Beaten to death
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 | Maria Bennett
2-year-old
Lancaster, Ohio
Oct. 23, 2002
Shaken baby syndrome
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|  | Chase Moody
17-year-old
Richardson, Texas
October 14, 2002
Illegal Restraint
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|  | Sherry Charlie
19-month-old
Port Alberni, British Columbia
September 4, 2002
Beaten to death
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 | Faheem Williams
7-year-old
Irvington, New Jersey
September 2002
Blunt trauma and starvation
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|  | Dominic James
2-year-old
Willard, Missouri
August 21, 2002
Abusive head injury
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|  | Brianna Lopez
5-month-old
Las Cruces, New Mexico
July 19, 2002
Physical & sexual abuse
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 | Ian August
14-year-old
Sevier Desert, Utah
July 13, 2002
Hyperthermia
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|  | Carla-Nicole Bone
13-month-old
Aberdeenshire, England
May 13, 2002
Cruel and sustained abuse
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|  | Matthew Goodman
14-year-old
Haddonfield, New Jersey
February 6, 2002
Pneumonia and blood poisoning
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 | Ainlee Labonte
2-year-old
Newham, London
January 7, 2002
Starved and Beaten to death
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 | Shawn Smith
13-year-old
Daytona Beach, Florida
October 29, 2001
Abuse at VCRJDC
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|  | Caleb Ness
11-week-old
Edinburgh, Scotland
October 11, 2001
Shaken Baby Syndrome
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 | Anthony T. Haynes
14-year-old
Maricopa County, Arizona
July 1, 2001
Dehydration and near drowning
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|  | Maryah Ponce
3-year-old
Orange County, Florida
June 29, 2001
Hyperthermia
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 | Nicole Embum
4-month-old
Morton, Washington
May 10, 2001
Smothered
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| Denzel Bailey
11-month-old
Los Angeles, California
April 23, 2001
Starvation
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|  | Logan Marr
5-year-old
Chelsea, Maine
January 31, 2001
Asphyxiation
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|  | Katelyn Frazier
3-year-old
Alexandria, Virginia
December 27, 2000
Blunt impact head trauma
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 | Rilya Wilson
4-year-old
Miami, Florida
December 2000
Beaten and suffocated
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|  | Aaren Marie Dunn
7-year-old
Manitou Springs, Colorado
June 26, 2000
Repeatedly stabbed
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 | Anthony Dumas
15-year-old
Oakland Park, Florida
June 12, 2000
Suicide in treatment facility
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 | Lauren Wright
6-year-old
Welney, Norfolk, BC
May 6, 2000
Starved and abused
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| Scott Saunders
33-month-old
Rutherglen, Scotland
March 31, 2000
Starved and Beaten to death
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|  | Justin Buchanan
6-year-old
Bremerton, Washington
March 19, 2000
Murdered by torture
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|  | Timothy Boss
10-year-old
Remsen, Iowa
Feb. 23, 2000
Blunt force trauma
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|  | Randy Steele
9-year-old
San Antonio, Texas
February 2000
Heart attack - restraint
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|  | Shelby Duis
2-year-old
Spirit Lake, Iowa
January 4, 2000
Abused
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 | John Smith
4-year-old
Fishersgate, Southwick, UK
December 24, 1999
Beaten to death
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 | Aliyah Ismail
13-year-old
London, England
October 18, 1999
Methadone overdose
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|  | Gina Score
14-year-old
Plankinton, South Dakota
July 21, 1999
Heatstroke
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 | Mark Draheim
14-year-old
Pelican Island, New Jersey
December 11, 1998
Illegal restraint
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 | Kendall Hunt
6-month-old
Brunswick, Georgia
September 1, 1998
Drowning
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|  | Andrew McClain
11-year-old
Hartford, Connecticut
March 22, 1998
Traumatic asphyxia from illegal restraint
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 | Tristan Sovern
16-year-old
Greensboro, North Carolina
March 4, 1998
Suffocated by restraint
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|  | Kelly Young
17-year-old
Wall Township, New Jersey
March 4, 1998
Positional asphyxiation
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 | Edith Campos
15-year-old
San Ysidro, California
February 2, 1998
Oxygen deprivation
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 | Reena Virk
14-year-old
Saanich, British Columbia
November 14, 1997
Beaten to death
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6-years-old
San Martin, California
September 20, 1997
Strangulation from restraints
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 | Melissa Neyman
19-year-old
Tacoma, Washington
July 24, 1997
Asphyxiation by strangulation
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|  | Sakena Dorsey
18-year-old
New Haven, Pennsylvania
June 10, 1997
Asphyxiation
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 | Robert Rollins
12-year-old
Rutland, Massachusetts
April 21, 1997
Asphyxiation due to restraint
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 | Courtney Grimmer
3-month-old
Fredericton, New Brunswick
January 1997
Shake baby syndrome
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 | Ciara Floyd
3-year-old
Starke, Florida
July 1996
Beaten to death
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|  | Octavious Sims
1-year-old
Atlanta, Georgia
April 11, 1996
Immersed in boiling water
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|  | Elisa Izquierdo
6-year-old
New York City, New York
November 24, 1995
Head Injury
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|  | Rikki Lee Neave
6-year-old
Welland, Peterborough, UK
November 27, 1994
Strangled
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|  | John Ryan Turner
3-year-old
New Brunswick, Canada
May 26th 1994
Abuse and starvation
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l5-year-old
Schurz, Nevada
February 4, 1992
Brain death - choked
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| | Krystal Scurry
2-year-old
Aiken County, South Carolina
Nov. 2, 1991
Rape and murder
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| Anthony Green
15-year-old
Brownwood, Texas
May 12, 1991
Asphyxiation due to restraint
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|  | Kayla Erlandson
2-year-old
Bothell, Washington
Apr. 26, 1991
Severe head injury
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 | Jennifer Shafiq
4-year-old
Manorville Woods, New York
Around 1990
Beaten and Burned to Death
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|  | Judith Eva Barsi
10-year-od
Los Angeles, California
July 25, 1988
Gun shot to the head
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| | Aaron Johnson
15-month-old
Boston, Massachusetts
1987
Poison
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| | Corey Greer
4-month-old
Treasure Island, Florida
1985
Dehydration
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| Mario Cano
16-year-old
Albuquerque, New Mexico
April 27, 1984
Blood clot
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2-year-old
Duanesburg, New York
March 2, 1981
Possibly smothered
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This is by no means a complete listing of the
children who have lost their lives due to the direct involvement of
child protective service workers. If you know of a child who should
be listed on these pages, please
contact us for inclusion.
