5 different individuals reported problem...bus driver, lunch lady, teachers, school-nurse...They received complaint from multiple disciplines *That has to be taken Very seriously!*
@@SherrieMonica Do they live in state?? Have they seen him recently. Sometimes people’s relatives live out of state or in a different part of the state and don’t see a person regularly.
How ever many it takes before we stop sending all of our money tax money to fund foreign wars and line the pockets of politicians and start actually using it for programs here.
In order to follow up on a report of child neglect or abuse, you need a trained social worker to assess the home environment. There's a shortage of such workers. This is partly because it's an extremely stressful job with a high burnout rate, and partly because most states (including Utah) pay them crap. So many of these workers are severely overworked. Mind you, until an investigation is done we won't know if this is the reason nothing was done. In fact, we don't know if DCFS didn't try to intervene, but the stepmother and father refused to allow them in and they couldn't get a judge to give them a warrant. Or if the Petersons had enough political influence to shut down any investigation.
@@morolakeaduloju9096I believe the point is not that we shouldn't speak up, but that the people telling us to do so *AREN'T LISTENING!* To *THEM* it is just a "cutesy jingle" that means nothing!
I mean it depends what you see to say something about! Most of the time you get called a rat a snitch and other ignorant names if you say something about what you see! Sad!!
@@styphlynne8253 Then I guess it better change and, in truth, for all their polygamy, it is against the law there and the sects that live by their own laws won't let anyone in long enough to investigate and the men, who rule justly, so they believe, pull together so no one is guulty in these matters. Utah is wealthy enough, if it can afford to host the Olympics...again.....to pay more social workers to investigate child abuse before that abuse, as with Gavin, becomes death.
Legit when I worked as one they TOLD you that you'd be slapped with HEAVY charges for dropping the ball. WHERE AND WHEN has that ACTUALLY happened though????
So poor Gabriel Fernandez just died in vain?! Changes still haven't been made after what that poor boy endured? This is eerily similar to that. Sickening
what is the point of DCFS if they don't do anything and children still end up dead? they could have prevented it... isn't that what they are there for? what are they doing cause they obviously are not doing their jobs.
dfcs is VERY evil,I was in the system with dfcs/cps,and they abuse,molest,drug and kill kids!! I was lucky to get out but I am forever psychologically scared from it!!!
You don't know that they did nothing. I once reported child abandonment to Utah. It was the kids that answered the door and lied for their missing parents on two occasions that resulted in lack of action. It takes a lot to build a case and there are hoops to jump through. It's not as simple as it being reported.
For decoration I guess? I remember clear as day they made it VERY clear you'd be in the shit if you knew something was happening to a child and chose to not act, but I've yet to actually see this put to proof at all?!
@@IH8YALLLExactly! I’ve had dealings with them bc my then 16 year old daughter was skipping school so they tried to remove her from the home,it didn’t work but still,they’re are arrogant and want to belittle you and act like their superior all the while there are children who really are abused yet they do NOTHING!
There is so much child abuse that just gets swept under the rug in UT. I'm glad others are able to see what needs to be changed and are trying to change them. Poor little boy just breaks my heart.
veramae4098 what do you mean? Can you share?? My mother in law used to work in now closed development centers (for mentally disabled ppl). She also rode the bus with delayed or "problem" kids. Both jobs spanning 50 years she said rape occurred in facilities regularly. Don't ask don't tell is ROUTINE. Children bussed to alternative schools are not safe. Disadvantaged or handicapped people are always in terrible hands she told me😩
Why bother having mandated reporters if you aren’t doing anything about the child abuse going on? Disgusting. Full investigation needs to be conducted.
No state gives a poop! Illinois removed my younger brother from the home, but left all of us in the home. We were beaten mercilessly! I was stabbed 2 times, burned, choked, thrown across the room, knocked unconscious, broken ankle. The school sent a note home saying they think there is abuse going on. Guess what happened? I had the holy stink beat out of me for “lying about getting abused.” Neighbors never called anyone either. I know they heard our screams. My mother kicked me out into the hallway NAKED. My neighbor walked right by me and did nothing.
I sorry that happens to you and your slibling I hope you and them are in a better placs, I also from Illinois and I know DCFS doesn't care, there was a case from a near by town that a boy died by his mom
I am sorry you endured such abuse at the hands of one who was supposed to protect you. Do know one reaps what one sows. Forgive and release her/them. You are free now. Abundant blessings!
For what it hurts, I care. My heart is aching for you and your siblings and this poor doomed kid in the video. It’s sickening. You were a precious child that deserved love and kindness, safety and care, nurturing and support. Please let that message in at the deepest level and live accordingly.
I am so sorry for the horrific abuse that you and your siblings endured at the hands of an evil person who's God given job was to protect you. My siblings on both sides of my birth parents endured physical, mental and s*xual abuse. One sister and I was adopted out. Personally I dodged a bullet, yet was abused by my mother mentally and physically. I turned to drug unfortunately to numb the pain, completely obvious to the fact that the drugs made it even worse. But truthfully for a couple of years when I was a teenager, I really think pot saved my life if I am honest. I am not in any way encouraging drug use but it is the truth. Thank you for having the courage to speak out. We as a society must speak out against abuse to our lawmakers and demand stronger punishment for all abusers. Especially those who prey on children or the elderly, disabled, or otherwise vulnerable. I hope that things are going much better for you and your siblings. God bless you and yours. You have an inner strength that no earthly person can take away from you.
Narcissistic abuse is RAMPANT in this country & it's shaping our society. God Bless you, your trauma has shaped how you see the world and STILL you have chosen to speak out. Narcissism is responsible (nearly single-handedly) for the huge increase in domestic violence, children committing suicide & the deterioration of Community. Good, decent people with a commitment to helping others are targeted for their strength, and this is what we're seeing with the death of this young child: the people who were told not to help him will carry in their hearts forever the pain of following orders that led to the death of an innocent child.
I'm not sure what the mothers story is, but she was on the news about trying to get custody of him and they postponed the case over covid. She did get custody of the two older siblings, but the father wouldn't give up the youngest which was apparently his and the stepmothers intention.
The 2 employees that helped Gavin are very special ladies. What gets me is these ladies reported to the proper authorities and several times. This should have never happened to this precious boy. What has our country become.
This is such a terrible story. When the school tries to step in and help its so important we team together with them and are grateful for how much they do for our kids. Thank you to the teachers and staff who tried to help this family. This is such an unnecessary and tragic outcome.
This is very similar to the Gabriel Fernandez case in California. 😢 When a child is missing a lot of school days and there are already reports/speculations, then that child needs to be followed up on. Not just take the parent’s word at the door or a phone call that the child is fine. They usually aren’t.
Those people that don't want the school faculty that reported this way before the child was killed ......need to be named and physical addresses given to the public......the child care and police that were involved in investigation need to also be addressed and put them in the public eye ......obviously many folks are credited with dropping the ball ....
This is a sticky wicket, giving out physical addresses. These people have families too, children, who share no fault in how this was handled. They don’t deserve to be punished.
I attended a Paraguayan school from 1st grade to the first half of 4th grade, loved school. MY CLASSMATES LOVED ME. Its google review section is full of alumni saying IT’S THE BEST SCHOOL IN THE WORLD. Then I moved to my parents’s country Taiwan and entered a public school. Things were very different from that Paraguayan school but I still liked school and THE CLASSMATES WERE CLEARLY RAISED RIGHT. Then I transferred to another public school because we moved to another district. I still loved school and was happy. I GIVE CREDIT TO THE SCHOOL. After graduating from elementary school, I began 7th grade at a public Junior High School. I AM GRATEFUL FOR THIS SCHOOL. It’s the only school that truly disciplined me and discipline is love, catering is not. But the moment I got to ANS ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE. I have never experienced so much hostility, racism, xenophobia, PREJUDICE in my life. There were a lot of VANDALISM against my belongings but ANS FALSELY ACCUSED ME OF LYING when I told them what was going on. Secondary Principal Fat Ass-meh 🐖 and counselors Rachel Smith-Vaughn 🐕 , Michele Richardson 🐩 , Conchita 🦮 are Covert Narcissists. My father’s boss originally decided to send him to HONDURAS and NOT NICARAGUA. But after learning that American Schools in Honduras didn’t enroll new students, my father pleaded his boss to send him to Nicaragua instead because ANS enrolled everyone. I CAN’T BELIEVE WE ACTUALLY CAME TO NICARAGUA FOR THIS PIECE OF SH*T! American schools are NOT superior as my unwise parents were brainwashed to falsely believe in. 🔺Sometimes I would stay inside the school’s girl’s bathroom during classes for the entire hour just so I wouldn’t see nor be seen by those racists. They disgust me more than the school’s bathroom. 🔺I would pray for Taiwan and Nicaragua to break international relations so that there would no longer be a Taiwanese Embassy in Nicaragua so that we could move to another country because I was informed that there were no other good school options to transfer to in Nicaragua, so my only way out of ANS was Taiwan and Nicaragua breaking foreign affairs cause my father worked at the Taiwanese Embassy in Nicaragua. It never happened before I left Nicaragua. 🔺I wanted to die but I didn’t want to die in Nicaragua because it was my racist bullies’s country, so out of spite I lived. 🔺Finally I quit school. I was more okay with being a high school dropout than seeing those racist bullies’s faces. It was my happiest year in Nicaragua because I no longer had to see those people at ANS. 🔺I returned to Taiwan for vacation for about a month or two. 🔺Then back to Nicaragua I started learning Taekwondo from some local Nicaraguans. We got along VERY well. They were so much nicer than ANS type of Nicaraguans. 🔺I also taught Mandarin to many normal Nicaraguans at the Taiwanese Embassy. They were LOVELY. THEN IT DAWNED ON ME. THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH NICARAGUA AND ITS PEOPLE. THE PROBLEM WAS ANS. 🔺I tried to transfer back to Taiwan but it was too late at 11th grade. 🔺I tried the Nicaraguan Christian Academy but I wasn’t religious enough for them. 🔺I tried a local Nicaraguan school next door but it was also too late. 🔺I REGRET NOT ATTENDING A LOCAL NICARAGUAN SCHOOL INSTEAD AT 13. Taiwan and Nicaragua indeed broke foreign affairs in 2021. I don’t believe in coincidences, so I’m so glad that my persistent prayers finally got answered. My Taiwanese friend didn’t go to USA for college because ANS also scapegoated him. Even better, cause I got to meet him again in Taiwan. Most ANS students have bad relationships with their parents and the majority are products of poor parenting. Local students are dishonest and every other semester there would be some group cheating on exams. Underneath its good facade, ANS is a very problematic school. PLEASE NOTE THAT I ONLY SHARED THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG BECAUSE OF GOOGLE REVIEW WORD LIMIT. 👉For more details, research the RUclips channel “AMERICAN-NICARAGUAN SCHOOL IS A RACIST SCHOOL”. 🔺: The amount of things I did because of ANS
@@SugarMollyHazel You Do Know That They Don't Give kids food in an Abusive Home Right?? They Starve Them. This is How They Punish them and Abuse Them. Some Kids Only Get Food At School! These Parents Are Totally Evil Monsters!! 😨😱😭😭💔🖤🕊️
This is normal ... When a child is being abused, they seem to just sweep it under the rug .... But if a divorced parent makes child abuse allegations against the other parent they are immediately taken very seriously and remove the child ... I hear all the time about a child being put into foster care over confirmed child abuse but if the parent takes a class, they will send them back to that parent ... Why may you ask?? Well, they are all about family unification and will keep sending the children back to the abuser over and over ...
As a former lunch lady, I can vouch for what a heavy burden being an official reporter can be. Employees are required to report possible abuse and it is difficult to put in writing that you think a child is suffering from it. When you do take that step, despite what the laws claim, you become a target for the parents and the authorities. So it is very unlikely that these claims are made with no basis when school workers make them.
In Oregon DHS doesn’t take most reports seriously and measure 110 further reduced the ability to investigate abuse. Protecting a kid in Oregon is not a priority in our state. Sadly, kids don’t seem to be a priority in many states,
@@elizabethbrauer1118 I am aware of the changes in measure 110. I hope it allows DHS child welfare and law enforcement to start trying to protect children again. I also know DHS is tightening itself up some. The last ten years have been horrible for abused kids in Oregon. Everyone has rights but children.
Governor Spencer cox needs to look into this D.C.F.S because the boxelder County D.C.F.S would have protected this child and had him removed from the house and in safety 😊
The problem is, dcfs agencies also become overzealous, and there are documented cases where kids were wrongly taken from their families. I am all for keeping kids safe but there needs to be oversight to the smallest detail, and unfortunately there isn't
@@C25-150 yes I have been in a few cases with D.C.F.S in Utah County my children were taken from my ex wife because of siblings at risk they called it this happened in 2002 and 2004 and in 2018 my now deceased ex wife and I were in a case with her children we were raising they took her children from the home because she had drug problems and they were concerned about us arguing with each other about it I'm a truck driver and only home for a day and a half a week so she was cheating on me and used drugs and had issues D.C.F.S had no problems removing the children early in the case so why let this child die in the care of these drug addict stupid criminals
I don't want to hear any more about how DCF and the state doesn't have the money to hire people when we just spent billions and billions of dollars on illegal immigrants when we could have been taken care of our own children my God this country is Warped and I am so sick of the crimes being committed on these small children I am beyond words and just crushed to hear about what happened to this little boy
Illegal immigration is so random to bring up. What money is being spent on them? Economically migrants are very crucial to the united states. I'm sorry I'm tired of seeing illegal immigration spoken like that as if America isn't the one who has been ruining countries with their intervention and trade agreements. The only problem with migration is the one the united states has continued to make by displacing others. Children are also illegal and they deserve a life and rights too, their “illegality” shouldn't change that
@@jocelyn104723f- you and your illegal aliens!! They are not crucial to this country!! we have some of the best universities in the world we also have American students that graduate from these places- we've got plenty of people to do those jobs!! - you're looking for somebody to pick your watermelon?? Take your fat ass outside and do it yourself!! No they are not allowed to take funds from us if they are here especially illegally -but they do take funds. and if you don't know how, I'm going to explain it to you. ngos are mostly funded by taxpayer money!! That's my f****** money you're taken to pay for people that don't even belong here!! that can't follow the rules and the laws we have in place coming in here thinking they can do whatever the f*** they want- yet we can't even pay for staff in DSS to take care of our own children so they aren't killed like this little one!! And if you could not make that connection by my statement? - then you're dumber than I thought!!
@Blacksheep-ba-ba, idk what money that you speak of. However, it is a known fact that undocumented migrants do spend money, thus pay sales taxes, ext. Which is what funds many state programs when they receive nothing back because they are undocumented. Having said that, I completely agree. The state always comes up.with excuses.. Bad excuses. I personally think that officials like that as well as judges and police should not have blanket immunity and should be held accountable for their actions or non actions.
When will the foster system become a hot topic during an election? CPS needs major reform and funding. The most vulnerable Americans deserve so much better and will one day become adults-you can’t make America Great Again with people scarred from a framework that creates so much suffering. (I acknowledge there are some amazing souls that change foster kids’ lives for the better.)
Great response. I believe funding is one of the biggest issues. When I worked for our state agency we were told, we don't bring in revenue like the Dept of Driver Services for example. These workers are overburdened with way too many cases and work so hard for so little money. Fund more positions at a liveable wage and more training. It's such an imbalance on where money goes vs where it should. We have to do better!
@ginas828 I believe what you're saying is true but I'm confused. Why should a department for children have to fund itself or justify its existence with revenue? It's sickening that it is explicitly based on whether the government can profit from providing for its own citizens especially the most vulnerable.... I'm stunned at the idea of revenue even being brought up when it comes to children's safety. As much as people pay in taxes it should just be funded outright.
Gabriel Fernandez comes to mind. Im a teacher who filed reports that went nowhere with a student and cases like this are terrifying. It is so frustrating and awful to feel like there is nothing you can do. Of course some kids get help but we hear about one of these stories like every few weeks now
It hurts a whole lot of people when these horrible things happened. Sickening and haunting. That poor little guy, GD it, what is with this sickening cruelty. For godssake give a child up for adoption before you do this to them.
I put the blame on the parents and the DHC for the sad death of this beautiful young man. DHC has failed America's children across our country. They all should be fired from their jobs thst they aren't doing. Way pay them when all their doing is sitting on their hands doing absolutely nothing to protect America's children. This is totally unexceptable and i bet it will continue to happen and we all will be hearing more horrible stories about children being murdered here in America.
They get $$ from the state for every kid they take away. They ignore the serious cases (too much work) and go after families that are fine. I don't know of ANY child service worker actually doing their job within guidelines.
That poor, poor boy ...... this is disgusting! I hope those who are responsible will get the worst punishment possible. Nothing can compare to the many years of suffering this boy went through.
As soon as the step mom came demanding no one pay for his lunch and didnt pay money towards the lunch, should have been the day a visit was made. It should have been before that, but she purposely set foot inside the school or called and gave clear evidence she didnt want that child feed. Poor baby, starved to death and god knows what else. May he rest in peace and i hope heaven lets that boy have a spread of everything he was denied on earth.
It cost me $24000 to get.My grandkids back DPS are totally freaking.Idiots when I had to fight for them Wouldn't change a thing.If I could moneywell spent d c f s is freaking idiots
This happens a lot, and not with kids, with vulnerable adults with disabilities that require assistance....adult protective services is just as bad as CPS
As a teacher, I have had to call a few times in my career. It isn't something I/we take lightly. In my head, I wonder if there could be another explanation for what I am seeing. If there is, I wait and see (things like wearing the same clothes for days on end, because maybe someone's car is not working and they can't get to the laundromat, etc) but for ongoing bruising or injuries that are extensive and were not properly taken care of, for ongoing neglect despite reaching out to family, etc it's a call for sure. We pay attention and I question any student with injuries and bruising, or kids that wear the same clothes for days, or are unwashed and dirty every day. I always hope that the student doesn't suffer more abuse as a result of the call. If I have that concern, I say so to the person I am reporting to.
Not DCFS Again!! Children they're supposed to protect, only to let it lead to another tragedy... Dont want to hear understaffed, overworked system. People in the community would have gladly stepped in. This should never happen humanity needs a serious check-up on how we treat our children.
I called the police after a boy committed suicide. Sheriff said "Well he's already dead, so what's the point?" I wanted the teachers who KNEW stripped of their teaching licenses and jailed
This happens more often than most people think. The problem is that the child protection agency will hide behind privacy laws to avoid any transparency or accountability. They will simply wait for the new cycled to change and then all reports will be buried never to be seen again. Nobody will be reprimanded or even receive a bad review over this incident. The agency will just go on with business as usual.
Absolutely unacceptable. They had everyone knocking their door down, trying to get this sweet kid help and instead they ignored everyone and now boy is no longer in this world.. I hope charges are brought against DCFS in this state and the individuals responsible for not doing anything to help this boy!
Need to change the education system, take action for bullying, for maltreating the student to students and teachers, staff abusive. Action is needed now.
I've worked with CPS. My mother goes to support groups for grandparents raising grandkids with abusive parents (my brother's kid). CPS does nothing. The cops do nothing. There are more protections for abusive parents then there are for the child or the grandparents who raise them. Doesn't matter if the parents are felons with multiple domestic abuse, violence and/or heavy drug charges. This is disgusting and needs to change.
Bravo to the staff and all the employers who tried to make a difference!!!! keep it up....do not stop...complain...go PUBLIC until DCFS responds...shame them into responding if that is what it takes...he could gave been saved if they did their jobs...this makes my blood boil...
Its absolutely disgusting how children are told to 'tell a trusted adult' when something goes wrong but these same adults do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to keep the situation under control and punish those who deserve to be punished.
Senseless death of an innocent child, after so many reports and concerns. The DCFS workers involved in this case should be indicted as accessory to murder.
DCFS dropped the ball on this and a little boy is dead! They need to be held accountable! They take away children with genetic brittle bone issues but leave an abused child with the abusers until he is murdered! Someone needs to lose their job before it happens again!
The law say school officials must report child abuse or they could be in trouble what's the point of reporting child abuse if those in autority do nothing??? Somebody needs to sue child protective services 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 RIP🙏🏻⚘️🙏🏻
When I was 12, I told my Vice Principal and my therapist about one instance (of many) of abuse from my Step "Dad" and no one ever reported a thing. The incident I told them about was: I was about 15 minutes late coming home from my friends and I'd missed a speck of dry milk on the rim of a plastic cup when I did my chores. As soon as I stepped in the door my stepdad without saying a word picked me up by the front of the shirt and physically threw me over my baby brother's playpen and across the living room. He then mounted me MMA style with my arms pinned and proceeded to punch me in the chest several times. This happened in front of my mom whose excuse was "it was the straw that broke the camel's back". A few months after that my mom put me in the psych ward of a hospital for 30 days because she thought I was "depressed" and she dropped me off with the story that "they had to keep me overnight for a physical for school". I'm 41 now, my stepdad is still in the picture, and I don't talk to my mom or the man that's since abused her anymore.
I hope all those that failed to follow up or remove that child from the environment will be charged with manslaughter!! A beautiful innocent child has lost his life due to their intentional neglect of doing their job! ESPEICALLY WITH SO MANY PEOPLE NOTIFYING THEM AND VOICING CONDERNS ABOUT WHAT THEY HAD WITNESSED...................................MANSLAUGHTER!
I don't understand why this child was ignored, but I pray that those who are responsible are held accountable. How many children have to die horrific deaths before laws are put in place to help save them? This is an unforgivable tragedy.
I've seen this situation since birth & I'm 72. Our neighbor was drop kicking his 3yr old. We& neighbors approached him & reported all & had photos of this bruised broken baby. They did nothing & father killed son😢😢. They gave father 5 prison yrs???? Back in 70's. Nothing has changed!!!😱😡😭
I live next to abusive parents and I’ve reported them but my manager told them who called snd now they have retaliated and I can’t afford to move , so now I fear for my life because my manager didn’t protect me
How, how was this boy not given help! Yet when I was in upper EL my mum got in trouble for grabbing my wrist and yelling at me to calm down. A cps agent showed up and I was told a concerned parent had called and wanted to me explain what had happened, told them I was upset as my grandfather (dads side) had just passed and we learned that morning and my dad and I were not doing well at all, my mum was holding both of us together and I was completely agitated and angry. I hit my mum very hard in the small of the back when we got to school and that’s when it happened. The cps lady told me she understood and that nothing would happen, then my mom gets the news she can’t continue her job for the next 2 years as she was found unsafe (her job involved kids) and my father was in college at the time, it caused us to go into massive debt that we are still paying off. Yet all this evidence to show what this kid is going through and they do nothing to help, nothing at all and shut their lips as they can’t say anything. I find it sickening that I’ve heard so many horror stories of kids being taken away from good parents and kids not being saved from terrible parents.
How very tragic and sad. The miserable life that poor boy lived. The stepmom wanted to control even where he sat on the bus? Okay, crazy ass woman. People tried to help and the system failed this young man who knew how to smile in his school pictures but probably never did much every day he woke up to a fresh hell with an empty belly. Maybe change will come and he didn’t die in vain. You are loved little boy - we won’t forget you…
The local child protective services office needs to be investigated and people need to lose their jobs. There is no excuse for doing nothing after everyone from the principal to the lunch lady have filed reports about abuse.
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5 different individuals reported problem...bus driver, lunch lady, teachers, school-nurse...They received complaint from multiple disciplines *That has to be taken Very seriously!*
What kills me is where's his other relatives so-called family like Grandparents Uncles and Ants and cousins
@@SherrieMonicaYes…
I think if the school reports it they should do mandatory investigations, sick of seeing this
@@SherrieMonica Do they live in state?? Have they seen him recently. Sometimes people’s relatives live out of state or in a different part of the state and don’t see a person regularly.
The school principal, and board members need to be investigated and punished.
How many times does a child have to die before this system is changed.
They don't care after it's born.
Epic Failure again!!.. maybe DCFA isn't a child protective agency...it sure seems that way.
@@kthearcher3357Yep, just keep having babies and being consumers, who cares how the children are treated. Sickening.
Murder is murder before and after birth.
How ever many it takes before we stop sending all of our money tax money to fund foreign wars and line the pockets of politicians and start actually using it for programs here.
FOUR separate mandated reporter reports!? DCFS dropped the ball.
Again and again..
Since Utah became a state there have been thousands.
In order to follow up on a report of child neglect or abuse, you need a trained social worker to assess the home environment. There's a shortage of such workers. This is partly because it's an extremely stressful job with a high burnout rate, and partly because most states (including Utah) pay them crap. So many of these workers are severely overworked.
Mind you, until an investigation is done we won't know if this is the reason nothing was done. In fact, we don't know if DCFS didn't try to intervene, but the stepmother and father refused to allow them in and they couldn't get a judge to give them a warrant. Or if the Petersons had enough political influence to shut down any investigation.
@@astrinymris9953 Absolutely !! Look how Susan Powell & children ended up. That poor case worker.
@@astrinymris9953 Yes, so true! People on YT tend to think of these issues in such ridiculously naive and simplistic ways. I appreciate your comment.
So. Again. "If you see something, say something." is just a cutsy jingle.😢
Not always... That is ignorant
@@jojow5425 This is just true they don't do nothing
No point in speaking out, saying something, eh???
Very dangerous and inhumane!
@@morolakeaduloju9096I believe the point is not that we shouldn't speak up, but that the people telling us to do so *AREN'T LISTENING!* To *THEM* it is just a "cutesy jingle" that means nothing!
I mean it depends what you see to say something about! Most of the time you get called a rat a snitch and other ignorant names if you say something about what you see! Sad!!
This is absolutely horrific! That poor baby. Once again, those who were told failed that lil baby by not investigating.
The crimes Mormons get away with in Utah are insane. It's like the old Sourh
Its Utah-A polygamy state built on how many babies a woman can handle. These reports come in daily CPS cant keep up!
@@styphlynne8253 Then I guess it better change and, in truth, for all their polygamy, it is against the law there and the sects that live by their own laws won't let anyone in long enough to investigate and the men, who rule justly, so they believe, pull together so no one is guulty in these matters. Utah is wealthy enough, if it can afford to host the Olympics...again.....to pay more social workers to investigate child abuse before that abuse, as with Gavin, becomes death.
Launch an investigation!!
DHS needs to be held accountable for there non-action in this child's death
Legit when I worked as one they TOLD you that you'd be slapped with HEAVY charges for dropping the ball. WHERE AND WHEN has that ACTUALLY happened though????
@@gilla2092They won’t be held accountable,they never are.
So poor Gabriel Fernandez just died in vain?! Changes still haven't been made after what that poor boy endured? This is eerily similar to that. Sickening
I remember that case, that poor little guy suffered as well! Just sickening!
what is the point of DCFS if they don't do anything and children still end up dead? they could have prevented it... isn't that what they are there for? what are they doing cause they obviously are not doing their jobs.
dfcs is VERY evil,I was in the system with dfcs/cps,and they abuse,molest,drug and kill kids!! I was lucky to get out but I am forever psychologically scared from it!!!
You don't know that they did nothing. I once reported child abandonment to Utah. It was the kids that answered the door and lied for their missing parents on two occasions that resulted in lack of action. It takes a lot to build a case and there are hoops to jump through. It's not as simple as it being reported.
They’re too busy going after the kids that aren’t in danger and harassing their families.
For decoration I guess? I remember clear as day they made it VERY clear you'd be in the shit if you knew something was happening to a child and chose to not act, but I've yet to actually see this put to proof at all?!
@@IH8YALLLExactly! I’ve had dealings with them bc my then 16 year old daughter was skipping school so they tried to remove her from the home,it didn’t work but still,they’re are arrogant and want to belittle you and act like their superior all the while there are children who really are abused yet they do NOTHING!
This is an absolute disgrace that the authorities didn't listen to the school staff. It breaks my heart 😢😢😢😢😢
There is so much child abuse that just gets swept under the rug in UT. I'm glad others are able to see what needs to be changed and are trying to change them. Poor little boy just breaks my heart.
It happens in other states, too, believe me.
Just Utah huh?🙄
Not just Utah, sadly!
ONCE AGAIN the system failed this child despite many concerns
Retired librarian here -- I learned early on a principle's primary job is to "hush" problems.
veramae4098 what do you mean? Can you share?? My mother in law used to work in now closed development centers (for mentally disabled ppl). She also rode the bus with delayed or "problem" kids. Both jobs spanning 50 years she said rape occurred in facilities regularly. Don't ask don't tell is ROUTINE. Children bussed to alternative schools are not safe. Disadvantaged or handicapped people are always in terrible hands she told me😩
Not just this child 😢 unfortunately it's happening all over the United States
@@marciayoung8735 the govt traffics children. what else would one expect?
@@RunninUpThatHillhThey are and so is the elderly,I’ve seen it with my own two eyes.
Why bother having mandated reporters if you aren’t doing anything about the child abuse going on?
Disgusting.
Full investigation needs to be conducted.
Did you not see that it was reported. The CPS didn’t do nothing.
No state gives a poop! Illinois removed my younger brother from the home, but left all of us in the home. We were beaten mercilessly! I was stabbed 2 times, burned, choked, thrown across the room, knocked unconscious, broken ankle. The school sent a note home saying they think there is abuse going on. Guess what happened? I had the holy stink beat out of me for “lying about getting abused.” Neighbors never called anyone either. I know they heard our screams. My mother kicked me out into the hallway NAKED. My neighbor walked right by me and did nothing.
I sorry that happens to you and your slibling I hope you and them are in a better placs, I also from Illinois and I know DCFS doesn't care, there was a case from a near by town that a boy died by his mom
I am sorry you endured such abuse at the hands of one who was supposed to protect you. Do know one reaps what one sows. Forgive and release her/them. You are free now. Abundant blessings!
For what it hurts, I care. My heart is aching for you and your siblings and this poor doomed kid in the video. It’s sickening. You were a precious child that deserved love and kindness, safety and care, nurturing and support. Please let that message in at the deepest level and live accordingly.
I am so sorry for the horrific abuse that you and your siblings endured at the hands of an evil person who's God given job was to protect you. My siblings on both sides of my birth parents endured physical, mental and s*xual abuse. One sister and I was adopted out. Personally I dodged a bullet, yet was abused by my mother mentally and physically. I turned to drug unfortunately to numb the pain, completely obvious to the fact that the drugs made it even worse. But truthfully for a couple of years when I was a teenager, I really think pot saved my life if I am honest. I am not in any way encouraging drug use but it is the truth. Thank you for having the courage to speak out. We as a society must speak out against abuse to our lawmakers and demand stronger punishment for all abusers. Especially those who prey on children or the elderly, disabled, or otherwise vulnerable. I hope that things are going much better for you and your siblings. God bless you and yours. You have an inner strength that no earthly person can take away from you.
Narcissistic abuse is RAMPANT in this country & it's shaping our society.
God Bless you, your trauma has shaped how you see the world and STILL you have chosen to speak out.
Narcissism is responsible (nearly single-handedly) for the huge increase in domestic violence, children committing suicide & the deterioration of Community.
Good, decent people with a commitment to helping others are targeted for their strength, and this is what we're seeing with the death of this young child: the people who were told not to help him will carry in their hearts forever the pain of following orders that led to the death of an innocent child.
Since when does a stepmother have parental rights to take a child out of school or to tell them not to feed him?
Where was the father or birth mother?
I’m sure dad just kept his mouth shut because it’s easier.
@@amyeastman8764 That or he just didn't care either sadly
I'm not sure what the mothers story is, but she was on the news about trying to get custody of him and they postponed the case over covid. She did get custody of the two older siblings, but the father wouldn't give up the youngest which was apparently his and the stepmothers intention.
The boss and directly implicated workers of DCF must be jailed
The parents are monster's
so is DHS...
stepmother. she's no parent
@@irynafox3593where was the biological mom this whole time then? Seems like all of the parents are pos people.
@@irynafox3593neither is bio dad
The mother had been trying to get custody of him for years and they postponed it because of covid. The father and stepmother were in control of him.
Children wait and cry and hope for someone to help them.
And no one does.
@@knit1purl1 😨😱🤢☹️😢😭😭😭💔🖤🕊️
Exactly!
The 2 employees that helped Gavin are very special ladies. What gets me is these ladies reported to the proper authorities and several times. This should have never happened to this precious boy. What has our country become.
It happened over 40 years ago, too. I speak from experience, sadly.
One child is too many. Report suspected abuse.
This is such a terrible story. When the school tries to step in and help its so important we team together with them and are grateful for how much they do for our kids. Thank you to the teachers and staff who tried to help this family. This is such an unnecessary and tragic outcome.
This is very similar to the Gabriel Fernandez case in California. 😢 When a child is missing a lot of school days and there are already reports/speculations, then that child needs to be followed up on. Not just take the parent’s word at the door or a phone call that the child is fine. They usually aren’t.
Those people that don't want the school faculty that reported this way before the child was killed ......need to be named and physical addresses given to the public......the child care and police that were involved in investigation need to also be addressed and put them in the public eye ......obviously many folks are credited with dropping the ball ....
This is a sticky wicket, giving out physical addresses. These people have families too, children, who share no fault in how this was handled. They don’t deserve to be punished.
I’m one that would’ve not let loose till something was done or responded to by someone directly... it takes a village!
Take things into your own hands. Your kids, your community. The State does not care about you.
What were they supposed to do?
Yet someone can make up a fake non-issue against good parents and you can be sure they'll be at your door harassing you in a very intrusive way.
It’s sad and true
This little boy was loved by so many!
What is it about UTAH and the state’s lack of concern over children and their well being?
religious nutters
So horrific, the system has failed so many children😢
I attended a Paraguayan school from 1st grade to the first half of 4th grade, loved school. MY CLASSMATES LOVED ME. Its google review section is full of alumni saying IT’S THE BEST SCHOOL IN THE WORLD.
Then I moved to my parents’s country Taiwan and entered a public school. Things were very different from that Paraguayan school but I still liked school and THE CLASSMATES WERE CLEARLY RAISED RIGHT.
Then I transferred to another public school because we moved to another district. I still loved school and was happy. I GIVE CREDIT TO THE SCHOOL.
After graduating from elementary school, I began 7th grade at a public Junior High School. I AM GRATEFUL FOR THIS SCHOOL. It’s the only school that truly disciplined me and discipline is love, catering is not.
But the moment I got to ANS ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE. I have never experienced so much hostility, racism, xenophobia, PREJUDICE in my life.
There were a lot of VANDALISM against my belongings but ANS FALSELY ACCUSED ME OF LYING when I told them what was going on.
Secondary Principal Fat Ass-meh 🐖 and counselors Rachel Smith-Vaughn 🐕 , Michele Richardson 🐩 , Conchita 🦮 are Covert Narcissists.
My father’s boss originally decided to send him to HONDURAS and NOT NICARAGUA. But after learning that American Schools in Honduras didn’t enroll new students, my father pleaded his boss to send him to Nicaragua instead because ANS enrolled everyone.
I CAN’T BELIEVE WE ACTUALLY CAME TO NICARAGUA FOR THIS PIECE OF SH*T!
American schools are NOT superior as my unwise parents were brainwashed to falsely believe in.
🔺Sometimes I would stay inside the school’s girl’s bathroom during classes for the entire hour just so I wouldn’t see nor be seen by those racists. They disgust me more than the school’s bathroom.
🔺I would pray for Taiwan and Nicaragua to break international relations so that there would no longer be a Taiwanese Embassy in Nicaragua so that we could move to another country because I was informed that there were no other good school options to transfer to in Nicaragua, so my only way out of ANS was Taiwan and Nicaragua breaking foreign affairs cause my father worked at the Taiwanese Embassy in Nicaragua. It never happened before I left Nicaragua.
🔺I wanted to die but I didn’t want to die in Nicaragua because it was my racist bullies’s country, so out of spite I lived.
🔺Finally I quit school. I was more okay with being a high school dropout than seeing those racist bullies’s faces.
It was my happiest year in Nicaragua because I no longer had to see those people at ANS. 🔺I returned to Taiwan for vacation for about a month or two.
🔺Then back to Nicaragua I started learning Taekwondo from some local Nicaraguans. We got along VERY well. They were so much nicer than ANS type of Nicaraguans.
🔺I also taught Mandarin to many normal Nicaraguans at the Taiwanese Embassy. They were LOVELY.
THEN IT DAWNED ON ME. THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH NICARAGUA AND ITS PEOPLE. THE PROBLEM WAS ANS.
🔺I tried to transfer back to Taiwan but it was too late at 11th grade.
🔺I tried the Nicaraguan Christian Academy but I wasn’t religious enough for them.
🔺I tried a local Nicaraguan school next door but it was also too late.
🔺I REGRET NOT ATTENDING A LOCAL NICARAGUAN SCHOOL INSTEAD AT 13.
Taiwan and Nicaragua indeed broke foreign affairs in 2021. I don’t believe in coincidences, so I’m so glad that my persistent prayers finally got answered.
My Taiwanese friend didn’t go to USA for college because ANS also scapegoated him. Even better, cause I got to meet him again in Taiwan.
Most ANS students have bad relationships with their parents and the majority are products of poor parenting.
Local students are dishonest and every other semester there would be some group cheating on exams.
Underneath its good facade, ANS is a very problematic school.
PLEASE NOTE THAT I ONLY SHARED THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG BECAUSE OF GOOGLE REVIEW WORD LIMIT.
👉For more details, research the RUclips channel “AMERICAN-NICARAGUAN SCHOOL IS A RACIST SCHOOL”.
🔺: The amount of things I did because of ANS
The cops can go in for a welfare check. Home visit by a social worker. You can do more than call dcfs. Feed the child no matter what the parents want.
That monster of a woman took him out of school so she could starve him even more .
Yes but then the kid will get hit for going behind his parents back for eating :(
You ignorant
I agree. Call the police in addition to DFCS.
@@SugarMollyHazel You Do Know That They Don't Give kids food in an Abusive Home Right?? They Starve Them. This is How They Punish them and Abuse Them. Some Kids Only Get Food At School! These Parents Are Totally Evil Monsters!! 😨😱😭😭💔🖤🕊️
This is normal ... When a child is being abused, they seem to just sweep it under the rug .... But if a divorced parent makes child abuse allegations against the other parent they are immediately taken very seriously and remove the child ... I hear all the time about a child being put into foster care over confirmed child abuse but if the parent takes a class, they will send them back to that parent ... Why may you ask?? Well, they are all about family unification and will keep sending the children back to the abuser over and over ...
As a former lunch lady, I can vouch for what a heavy burden being an official reporter can be. Employees are required to report possible abuse and it is difficult to put in writing that you think a child is suffering from it. When you do take that step, despite what the laws claim, you become a target for the parents and the authorities. So it is very unlikely that these claims are made with no basis when school workers make them.
I understand that What shouldn't they check it out anyway better safe than sorry for the Is child
I meant but shouldn't they check it out
@@SherrieMonicaThe issue is that such a system could easily be abused by bad actors.
It’s a tricky situation to be in.
In Oregon DHS doesn’t take most reports seriously and measure 110 further reduced the ability to investigate abuse. Protecting a kid in Oregon is not a priority in our state. Sadly, kids don’t seem to be a priority in many states,
Measure 110 has been rolled back in Oregon. Sept 1, 2024 is the date when most drugs are recriminalized.
@@elizabethbrauer1118 I am aware of the changes in measure 110. I hope it allows DHS child welfare and law enforcement to start trying to protect children again. I also know DHS is tightening itself up some. The last ten years have been horrible for abused kids in Oregon. Everyone has rights but children.
Oregon is the leader of all evil in our world, they promote child sex and other evil situations to people and children!
Governor Spencer cox needs to look into this D.C.F.S because the boxelder County D.C.F.S would have protected this child and had him removed from the house and in safety 😊
The problem is, dcfs agencies also become overzealous, and there are documented cases where kids were wrongly taken from their families. I am all for keeping kids safe but there needs to be oversight to the smallest detail, and unfortunately there isn't
@@C25-150 yes I have been in a few cases with D.C.F.S in Utah County my children were taken from my ex wife because of siblings at risk they called it this happened in 2002 and 2004 and in 2018 my now deceased ex wife and I were in a case with her children we were raising they took her children from the home because she had drug problems and they were concerned about us arguing with each other about it I'm a truck driver and only home for a day and a half a week so she was cheating on me and used drugs and had issues D.C.F.S had no problems removing the children early in the case so why let this child die in the care of these drug addict stupid criminals
I don't want to hear any more about how DCF and the state doesn't have the money to hire people when we just spent billions and billions of dollars on illegal immigrants when we could have been taken care of our own children my God this country is Warped and I am so sick of the crimes being committed on these small children I am beyond words and just crushed to hear about what happened to this little boy
Agree
Illegal immigration is so random to bring up. What money is being spent on them? Economically migrants are very crucial to the united states. I'm sorry I'm tired of seeing illegal immigration spoken like that as if America isn't the one who has been ruining countries with their intervention and trade agreements. The only problem with migration is the one the united states has continued to make by displacing others. Children are also illegal and they deserve a life and rights too, their “illegality” shouldn't change that
@@jocelyn104723f- you and your illegal aliens!! They are not crucial to this country!!
we have some of the best universities in the world we also have American students that graduate from these places- we've got plenty of people to do those jobs!!
- you're looking for somebody to pick your watermelon?? Take your fat ass outside and do it yourself!!
No they are not allowed to take funds from us if they are here especially illegally -but they do take funds.
and if you don't know how, I'm going to explain it to you.
ngos are mostly funded by taxpayer money!!
That's my f****** money you're taken to pay for people that don't even belong here!! that can't follow the rules and the laws we have in place coming in here thinking they can do whatever the f*** they want- yet we can't even pay for staff in DSS to take care of our own children so they aren't killed like this little one!!
And if you could not make that connection by my statement?
- then you're dumber than I thought!!
@Blacksheep-ba-ba, idk what money that you speak of. However, it is a known fact that undocumented migrants do spend money, thus pay sales taxes, ext. Which is what funds many state programs when they receive nothing back because they are undocumented. Having said that, I completely agree. The state always comes up.with excuses.. Bad excuses. I personally think that officials like that as well as judges and police should not have blanket immunity and should be held accountable for their actions or non actions.
@@jocelyn104723 Shame on you!!!
Agree. DCFS needs to be held accountable!! 💔💔
It should have been like, ok but if you're kid doesn't show up with a lunch everyday im going to have you arrested
Yeah, I'm sure that would have worked. 🙄
Rest in peace little Gavin
When will the foster system become a hot topic during an election? CPS needs major reform and funding. The most vulnerable Americans deserve so much better and will one day become adults-you can’t make America Great Again with people scarred from a framework that creates so much suffering. (I acknowledge there are some amazing souls that change foster kids’ lives for the better.)
Great response. I believe funding is one of the biggest issues. When I worked for our state agency we were told, we don't bring in revenue like the Dept of Driver Services for example. These workers are overburdened with way too many cases and work so hard for so little money. Fund more positions at a liveable wage and more training. It's such an imbalance on where money goes vs where it should. We have to do better!
@ginas828 I believe what you're saying is true but I'm confused. Why should a department for children have to fund itself or justify its existence with revenue? It's sickening that it is explicitly based on whether the government can profit from providing for its own citizens especially the most vulnerable.... I'm stunned at the idea of revenue even being brought up when it comes to children's safety. As much as people pay in taxes it should just be funded outright.
Gabriel Fernandez comes to mind. Im a teacher who filed reports that went nowhere with a student and cases like this are terrifying. It is so frustrating and awful to feel like there is nothing you can do. Of course some kids get help but we hear about one of these stories like every few weeks now
It hurts a whole lot of people when these horrible things happened. Sickening and haunting. That poor little guy, GD it, what is with this sickening cruelty. For godssake give a child up for adoption before you do this to them.
💔💔💔💔💔💔 THIS HAS GOT TO BE STOPPED! REST IN PEACE LITTLE FELLOW! PRAYERS FOR COMPLETE JUSTICE FOR YOU!🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
I put the blame on the parents and the DHC for the sad death of this beautiful young man. DHC has failed America's children across our country. They all should be fired from their jobs thst they aren't doing. Way pay them when all their doing is sitting on their hands doing absolutely nothing to protect America's children. This is totally unexceptable and i bet it will continue to happen and we all will be hearing more horrible stories about children being murdered here in America.
They get $$ from the state for every kid they take away. They ignore the serious cases (too much work) and go after families that are fine.
I don't know of ANY child service worker actually doing their job within guidelines.
@@Esther-lm6pmnot true.
@@nancyfarkas3592 prove it
A child needed HELP and this happened. What's up America 😢‼️
That poor, poor boy ...... this is disgusting! I hope those who are responsible will get the worst punishment possible. Nothing can compare to the many years of suffering this boy went through.
Wow. First day I'm hearing this case, but now hearing neighbors, family, and school staff filed complaints to DCFS.
Everyone needs to write to Governor Cox
So sad!
Stepmom was definitely leading in abuse/neglect if she was controlling where he sat on the bus, angry over lunch lady buying his lunch etc.
As soon as the step mom came demanding no one pay for his lunch and didnt pay money towards the lunch, should have been the day a visit was made. It should have been before that, but she purposely set foot inside the school or called and gave clear evidence she didnt want that child feed. Poor baby, starved to death and god knows what else. May he rest in peace and i hope heaven lets that boy have a spread of everything he was denied on earth.
They didn't handle it. That's clear.
🤬🤬🤬🤬 The state should be held accountable along with the family!!!
DCFS has one job, to protect children, if they can't do that they need to be fired.
CPS of Utah was an active participant in this child' torture and death.
It cost me $24000 to get.My grandkids back DPS are totally freaking.Idiots when I had to fight for them Wouldn't change a thing.If I could moneywell spent d c f s is freaking idiots
They care more about criminal privacy over a childs death
This happens a lot, and not with kids, with vulnerable adults with disabilities that require assistance....adult protective services is just as bad as CPS
As a teacher, I have had to call a few times in my career. It isn't something I/we take lightly. In my head, I wonder if there could be another explanation for what I am seeing. If there is, I wait and see (things like wearing the same clothes for days on end, because maybe someone's car is not working and they can't get to the laundromat, etc) but for ongoing bruising or injuries that are extensive and were not properly taken care of, for ongoing neglect despite reaching out to family, etc it's a call for sure. We pay attention and I question any student with injuries and bruising, or kids that wear the same clothes for days, or are unwashed and dirty every day. I always hope that the student doesn't suffer more abuse as a result of the call. If I have that concern, I say so to the person I am reporting to.
Not DCFS Again!!
Children they're supposed to protect, only to let it lead to another tragedy...
Dont want to hear understaffed, overworked system.
People in the community would have gladly stepped in.
This should never happen humanity needs a serious check-up on how we treat our children.
If DCF won't do their job, call the POLICE!!
I called the police after a boy committed suicide. Sheriff said "Well he's already dead, so what's the point?"
I wanted the teachers who KNEW stripped of their teaching licenses and jailed
For what
Police will just refer you back to cps
Dear Jesus, JUSTICE FOR GAVIN, vengeance is yours!❤️
Governor Cox perhaps you could investigate this personally? Our precious children should have a right to be safe especially in their own home 😪❤
This happens more often than most people think. The problem is that the child protection agency will hide behind privacy laws to avoid any transparency or accountability. They will simply wait for the new cycled to change and then all reports will be buried never to be seen again. Nobody will be reprimanded or even receive a bad review over this incident. The agency will just go on with business as usual.
So horribly sad 😪
Absolutely unacceptable. They had everyone knocking their door down, trying to get this sweet kid help and instead they ignored everyone and now boy is no longer in this world.. I hope charges are brought against DCFS in this state and the individuals responsible for not doing anything to help this boy!
Need to change the education system, take action for bullying, for maltreating the student to students and teachers, staff abusive. Action is needed now.
Charges should be brought
What's the point of reporting if they are not going to do anything......
I've worked with CPS. My mother goes to support groups for grandparents raising grandkids with abusive parents (my brother's kid). CPS does nothing. The cops do nothing. There are more protections for abusive parents then there are for the child or the grandparents who raise them. Doesn't matter if the parents are felons with multiple domestic abuse, violence and/or heavy drug charges. This is disgusting and needs to change.
So very sad !! And disgusting. How in the world could a father and brother of this poor child let him go through hell like this 😢😢??
DCFS OF NORTHERN UTAH IS RESPONSIBLE!! for not being there for this child
Bravo to the staff and all the employers who tried to make a difference!!!! keep it up....do not stop...complain...go PUBLIC until DCFS responds...shame them into responding if that is what it takes...he could gave been saved if they did their jobs...this makes my blood boil...
Its absolutely disgusting how children are told to 'tell a trusted adult' when something goes wrong but these same adults do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to keep the situation under control and punish those who deserve to be punished.
Dcfs don't put kids where they need to be with people that love them.
DCFS in Utah needs a serious investigation overall. This is sickening 😢 This little boy isn't the only one that's been "over looked".
A child is NOT a toy!
People need to STOP treating kids like they're toys, because they are NOT!
Senseless death of an innocent child, after so many reports and concerns. The DCFS workers involved in this case should be indicted as accessory to murder.
Where’s west haven in exactly?
Dear Gavin, we are sending you all the Love 💕 and healing ❤️🩹
The step mother was protective, so their abuse is not seen
DCFS needs to be held accountable.
DCFS dropped the ball on this and a little boy is dead! They need to be held accountable! They take away children with genetic brittle bone issues but leave an abused child with the abusers until he is murdered! Someone needs to lose their job before it happens again!
A shame rest in peace😮
Rest in peace sweet child
The law say school officials must report child abuse or they could be in trouble what's the point of reporting child abuse if those in autority do nothing??? Somebody needs to sue child protective services 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
RIP🙏🏻⚘️🙏🏻
When I was 12, I told my Vice Principal and my therapist about one instance (of many) of abuse from my Step "Dad" and no one ever reported a thing. The incident I told them about was: I was about 15 minutes late coming home from my friends and I'd missed a speck of dry milk on the rim of a plastic cup when I did my chores. As soon as I stepped in the door my stepdad without saying a word picked me up by the front of the shirt and physically threw me over my baby brother's playpen and across the living room. He then mounted me MMA style with my arms pinned and proceeded to punch me in the chest several times. This happened in front of my mom whose excuse was "it was the straw that broke the camel's back". A few months after that my mom put me in the psych ward of a hospital for 30 days because she thought I was "depressed" and she dropped me off with the story that "they had to keep me overnight for a physical for school". I'm 41 now, my stepdad is still in the picture, and I don't talk to my mom or the man that's since abused her anymore.
Typical ..... NOW there's the uproar after his death. Horrors child faced.
I hope all those that failed to follow up or remove that child from the environment will be charged with manslaughter!! A beautiful innocent child has lost his life due to their intentional neglect of doing their job! ESPEICALLY WITH SO MANY PEOPLE NOTIFYING THEM AND VOICING CONDERNS ABOUT WHAT THEY HAD WITNESSED...................................MANSLAUGHTER!
What’s going on in Utah?
The Mormons should have the answers.
Yes ! DCF should totally be held accountable
If we are mandated to report; they need to be mandated to follow up.
I don't understand why this child was ignored, but I pray that those who are responsible are held accountable. How many children have to die horrific deaths before laws are put in place to help save them? This is an unforgivable tragedy.
Should sue the state, till they are all fired and new people with brains are put in office.
Being a cafeteria worker and knowing similar stories, I am heart broken.
I've seen this situation since birth & I'm 72. Our neighbor was drop kicking his 3yr old. We& neighbors approached him & reported all & had photos of this bruised broken baby. They did nothing & father killed son😢😢. They gave father 5 prison yrs???? Back in 70's. Nothing has changed!!!😱😡😭
Time for an investigation into DCS across the nation!!
I live next to abusive parents and I’ve reported them but my manager told them who called snd now they have retaliated and I can’t afford to move , so now I fear for my life because my manager didn’t protect me
WHEN will DFS be held accountable for every child that has died under their watch
How, how was this boy not given help! Yet when I was in upper EL my mum got in trouble for grabbing my wrist and yelling at me to calm down. A cps agent showed up and I was told a concerned parent had called and wanted to me explain what had happened, told them I was upset as my grandfather (dads side) had just passed and we learned that morning and my dad and I were not doing well at all, my mum was holding both of us together and I was completely agitated and angry. I hit my mum very hard in the small of the back when we got to school and that’s when it happened. The cps lady told me she understood and that nothing would happen, then my mom gets the news she can’t continue her job for the next 2 years as she was found unsafe (her job involved kids) and my father was in college at the time, it caused us to go into massive debt that we are still paying off.
Yet all this evidence to show what this kid is going through and they do nothing to help, nothing at all and shut their lips as they can’t say anything. I find it sickening that I’ve heard so many horror stories of kids being taken away from good parents and kids not being saved from terrible parents.
How very tragic and sad. The miserable life that poor boy lived. The stepmom wanted to control even where he sat on the bus? Okay, crazy ass woman. People tried to help and the system failed this young man who knew how to smile in his school pictures but probably never did much every day he woke up to a fresh hell with an empty belly. Maybe change will come and he didn’t die in vain. You are loved little boy - we won’t forget you…
Very sad. Such a shame
The local child protective services office needs to be investigated and people need to lose their jobs. There is no excuse for doing nothing after everyone from the principal to the lunch lady have filed reports about abuse.