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Tucson, Arizona New questions arise on CPS " CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES"ties to slain children...
New questions arise on CPS ties to slain children
By Josh Brodesky arizona daily star Tucson, Arizona | Published: 07.19.2007 http://www.azstarnet.com/dailystar/192450 Child Protective Services case summaries released Wednesday discussing the agency's involvement with three slain Tucson children raise new questions, in at least one case, about its actions to keep the children safe. In March 2006, the mother of Ariana and Tyler Payne sought help from police in getting her children back from their father, Christopher Matthew Payne. Police and CPS refused to enforce her court custody order after CPS said the mother, Jamie Hallam, was being investigated for neglect. When the allegation was proved unsubstantiated in April 2006, CPS did not retrieve the children, and Hallam's family members say they were never notified. In the case of Brandon Williams, a CPS worker spent a month searching for the autistic boy and his mother, Diane Marsh. But when the worker found the two outside their North Side home in October, she never left her car. She did call the Pima County Sheriff's Department and asked Marsh through her car window to stop. The release of the case summaries comes roughly four months after records requests by the Arizona Daily Star. A lawsuit to obtain the complete files is pending. CPS declined to release the case summaries after the Pima County Attorney's Office had said the information could hinder its prosecutions and investigations of the cases. While the case summaries provide some new details about the Williams and Payne cases, they are incomplete. Citing confidentiality laws, CPS spokeswoman Liz Barker Alvarez said she could not, for the most part, provide details outside of the summaries. An unsubstantiated report On Feb. 18, police found 4-year-old Ariana's decomposing body in a tub that had first been placed in a storage locker and then in a trash bin. Despite two searches at the Los Reales Landfill, 5300 E. Los Reales Road, 5-year-old Tyler's remains have not been recovered. The children's father, Christopher Matthew Payne, 29, is charged with killing them. Following a domestic fight between the parents, Hallam was granted sole custody without visitation rights for Payne in June 2003, court records show. In October 2005, CPS began investigating a report alleging Tyler and Ariana were neglected. In January 2006, Hallam allowed the children to visit their father, despite the court order. The case summary shows Payne told the agency he wasn't sure what to do with the children. A CPS worker advised him to petition for custody. At the time, despite a lengthy arrest record, Payne had not been the subject of any abuse allegations involving his kids. When Hallam sought to get her children back in March of last year, police contacted CPS, and a supervisor told the officers the agency was investigating Hallam and to keep the children with Payne, records show. One month later, the case was closed and the neglect allegation was unsubstantiated. Speaking generally, and not specifically about the Payne case, Barker Alvarez said an unsubstantiated allegation doesn't mean a home is safe. "It is possible that the investigator could find other things or information that have put the children at risk," she said. "An unsubstantiated allegation does not mean that there is not a risk to the child that still needs to be mitigated." A long search Diane Marsh and a roommate, Flower Tompson, have been charged with killing Brandon Williams, who died in March as a result of a skull fracture, but who also had a large amount of over-the-counter medication in his system. CPS first had contact with 5-year-old Brandon in August because of a family assault by Brandon's older brother. By mid-September, the CPS worker had lost contact with Brandon and Marsh, who had moved to a motel. Then, in mid-October the worker along with a sheriff's officer visited the home, which was empty and in disarray with furniture overturned and trash and clothing strewn about. The worker returned to the home the next day and saw Brandon, Marsh and Tompson pull up to the home. Rather than confront them alone, she called the Sheriff's Department and spoke to them from inside her car. "She pulled up to the driveway and asked them to stop so that she could talk to them. They immediately drove off," the report says. The worker followed but couldn't keep up, the case summary says. After that, the case summary outlines four more attempts the worker made to find Brandon between October and December. Rep. Jonathan Paton, a Tucson Republican who is leading legislative hearings about CPS involvement in the cases, said he will push for the hearings to be open — at least in regard to these two cases. He also said he would like the original documents for the cases to be released. "I just wish that they could rip off the Band-Aid and get it over with so we can know what's going on and address some of the issues," he said. Dan Barr, who represents the Star, said he doesn't understand why the case summaries were withheld. "There is no reason this couldn't have been released in March," he said. Contact reporter Josh Brodesky at 807-7789 or . CURRENTLY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES VIOLATES MORE CIVIL RIGHTS ON A DAILY BASIS THEN ALL OTHER AGENCIES COMBINED INCLUDING THE NSA / CIA WIRETAPPING PROGRAM.... CPS Does not protect children... It is sickening how many children are subject to abuse, neglect and even killed at the hands of Child Protective Services. every parent should read this .pdf from connecticut dcf watch... http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com/8x11.pdf http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com Number of Cases per 100,000 children in the US These numbers come from The National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect in Washington. (NCCAN) Recent numbers have increased significantly for CPS *Perpetrators of Maltreatment* Physical Abuse CPS 160, Parents 59 Sexual Abuse CPS 112, Parents 13 Neglect CPS 410, Parents 241 Medical Neglect CPS 14 Parents 12 Fatalities CPS 6.4, Parents 1.5 CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, HAPPILY DESTROYING HUNDREDS OF INNOCENT FAMILIES YEARLY NATIONWIDE AND COMING TO YOU'RE HOME SOON... BE SURE TO FIND OUT WHERE YOUR CANDIDATES STANDS ON THE ISSUE OF REFORMING OR ABOLISHING CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES ("MAKE YOUR CANDIDATES TAKE A STAND ON THIS ISSUE.") THEN REMEMBER TO VOTE ACCORDINGLY IF THEY ARE "FAMILY UNFRIENDLY" IN THE NEXT ELECTION... |
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Tucson, Arizona New questions arise on CPS " CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES" ties to slain children...
On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 01:26:58 -0700, fx wrote:
..... In the case of Brandon Williams, a CPS worker spent a month searching for the autistic boy and his mother, Diane Marsh. But when the worker found the two outside their North Side home in October, she never left her car. She did call the Pima County Sheriff's Department and asked Marsh through her car window to stop. ..... Unless I'm mistaken it would be a very bad move, and dangerous to a child for a single worker to attempt to physically arrest the progress of someone NOT a perp. So she called for police backup. To NOT have done so could have cost lives...not just her's, as folks that do desperate things, as this mother did, can well be armed, or have others in the vicinity that would attempt to help her in escaping the worker. Tell you what, next time there is one of these cases, send Greg, and Dennis. Now there's a team that would be happy to tackle a mother. 0:] |
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