Re: Chid killed after returned to mother


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On Dec 3, 7:29 pm, "Chocolic" <chatter...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>I think there's a lesson in here somewhere...

There usually is sad to say, but nobody listens.

Chocolic





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> Charity Bailey and Lawrence Green had not completed all of the steps > the
> Marion County juvenile court and state Department of Child Services
> required for them to get their children back, but on Aug. 30, a > magistrate
> approved unsupervised trial visits with the children.

> It was during one of those visits, less than three months later, that
> 3-year-old TaJanay Bailey was fatally beaten by her mother and Green,
> according to police.
> The pair, both 20, face murder and neglect charges in the girl's death
> Tuesday.
> TaJanay was a ward of the state when she died, but she had been > returned
> to her mother and Green for a 30-day trial stay Oct. 31. That step
> occurred after the couple had several successful, shorter day and
> overnight visits.

> Juvenile court records released Friday shed some light on how the Child > In
> Need of Services case involving TaJanay was handled by the court and > DCS,
> but they still leave many unanswered questions.
> The biggest: Why did DCS seek approval to begin the unsupervised visits
> when Bailey and Green had not completed all of the requirements > ordered?
> The documents released by the court involve the case initiated in May > 2006
> after DCS found TaJanay to be a victim of abuse.

> They reveal Bailey did not have stable housing or income as of > mid-August,
> and that Green still needed to complete drug education and participate > in
> random drug testing.
> "Once (Green) completes his parenting class and at least half of his > drug
> education class, he will be able to participate in home-based > counseling
> with (Bailey) at which time trial reunification could become in > effect,"
> case manager Tara C. Hayes wrote in a report prepared for the Aug. 30
> hearing. Hayes' supervisor, Karon Donaldson, signed off on the report.

> It was at that hearing that Magistrate Scott B. Stowers approved the > DCS
> request to begin the trial visits "upon positive recommendations" of > the
> home-based counselor and a guardian appointed by the court to represent
> the interests of TaJanay.

> The file contained no documents, other than a notice of a hearing
> scheduled for Nov. 27 -- the day TaJanay died -- to show if or when > such
> recommendations were made.
> The guardian appointed to represent TaJanay did not know that the > 30-day
> trial visit with Bailey and Green had begun, said Cynthia Booth, > executive
> director of Child Advocates Inc., an agency that represents the > interests
> of children in Marion County cases.
> The guardian learned of the move on Nov. 9, when she visited the foster
> home where TaJanay had been living, Booth said Friday.

> The general practice, Booth said, would be for DCS to inform the > guardian
> before a 30-day placement begins.
> She supported the release of records.
> "I think there is no better reason to open this case to the light of > day
> than what has happened to this child," Booth said during the hearing.

> DCS officials declined to comment specifically on TaJanay's case after > the
> records were released Friday night. The agency's attorneys, however, > had
> lobbied Marion County juvenile court Judge Marilyn Moores to release > the
> entire DCS case file -- 20 inches thick -- in tandem with the court > file.

> Instead, Moores plans to review redactions made to the larger cache of
> records to ensure they restrict identifications and other items as
> required by state and federal law. Those records, which the judge plans > to
> release Monday, should have additional details and notes about the > final
> three months of TaJanay's life.

> DCS Director James Payne said he will be prepared to speak more about > the
> agency's involvement with the family when those records are made > public.
> The public "will see that lots of work was done," Payne said. "It was > done
> in the home. It involved a lot of fingers (from DCS). . . . It was > being
> done in a professional manner."
> His staff is working on its own investigation, which Payne said would > take
> another 10 to 14 days. He then will issue public conclusions about the
> handling of the case and a proposed resolution.

> Pending that review, Payne has assigned administrative desk duty to > Hayes,
> the caseworker who has worked for DCS for seven months, and Donaldson, > her
> supervisor, who joined DCS in 2003.
> The two are "devastated," Payne said. "They take it very personally."

> The Indianapolis Star also has requested records of an earlier CHINS > case
> in which TaJanay was removed from the home in 2004.
> Moores set a hearing for Wednesday to consider that request, as well as
> requests for court records in a CHINS case involving Lawrence Green > Jr.,
> the 6-month-old son of Bailey and Green. Moores will also consider
> releasing Bailey's juvenile record and any CHINS cases involving Bailey
> when she was younger.

> During three hours of argument Friday over whether the records should > be
> released, public defenders Frances Ashton and Ray Casanova vigorously
> opposed the release of any CHINS or DCS records, which normally are
> confidential. A major concern, they said, was the effect their release
> would have on Bailey's right to due process in her criminal trial.

> Moores disagreed, noting confidentiality protections mainly are geared
> toward the child in a case.
> "Government has to be accountable to the people, and government has to > be
> able to demonstrate its accountability to the people," Moores said. She
> added that the public's right to know trumped any harm the public > scrutiny
> might cause Bailey.
> Moores said the court and DCS records will show one of two things:
> "Whether the system worked properly, and only God could have prevented
> this occurrence -- or not."
> Not-guilty pleas

> Earlier in the day in another courtroom, a judge entered not-guilty > pleas
> for Bailey and Green.
> "I'm not the one who whipped her," Green said as he was led to an > elevator
> in the City-County Building's basement.
> He did not respond to questions, but other inmates being led to > courtrooms
> spoke out. "Look who they got me on the chain gang with," one said.
> "Killing an innocent child."
> Earlier, Bailey hid her face and was silent as deputies led a group of
> female inmates down the hall.
> Both defendants told Marion Superior Court Judge Tanya Walton Pratt > they
> have been unemployed, and Bailey said she lived on public assistance. > She
> answered Pratt's questions with a tearful, "Yes, ma'am."
> The judge set the trial for March 10. But because Marion County > Prosecutor
> Carl Brizzi has said he plans to seek life sentences without parole for
> both defendants, the trial likely will be delayed.
> Vigil for victim

> As the hearing on court documents stretched into Friday evening, more > than
> 100 people gathered in the cold at the Phoenix Apartments complex on
> Indianapolis' Northeastside to mourn TaJanay and to encourage one > another
> to improve their own lives.
> Bailey and Green lived in the complex, which has been plagued with > poverty
> and crime.
> Friday morning, Brizzi toured the complex with Mayor-elect Greg Ballard
> and several area ministers. Brizzi pronounced conditions "unlivable."
> Police who responded early Tuesday to the Phoenix Apartments reported > that
> it was filthy and infested with mice and cockroaches.

> Brizzi said that along with the help of Ballard and Phoenix residents, > he
> thinks the community will be able to put enough pressure on the owners > to
> clean up the complex.
> "The environment does matter," Brizzi said. "Cockroaches, filth, > mold --
> this is Indianapolis. People ought not to be expected to live this > way."
> Ballard said he intends to bring back the Front Porch Alliance, a
> partnership between government and neighborhood groups that helped > raise
> money for community improvement programs. That effort, Ballard said, > could
> help residents at the Phoenix.
> "These people deserve a decent place to live," Ballard said.- Hide > quoted text -

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God. More cromagnons. I've always believed in mandatory
sterilization by age 10 and then testing to prove parent-worthiness
before sterilization reversal. Some humans aren't fit to procreate.

In this case, the authorities even had a chance to take the child for good, but returned her. This child had a chance and somebody was more worried about the parent's right than the child's.

Chocolic

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  • Re: Chid killed after returned to mother
    ... Charity Bailey and Lawrence Green had not completed all of the steps the Marion County juvenile court and state Department of Child Services required for them to get their children back, but on Aug. 30, a magistrate approved unsupervised trial visits with the children. ... It was during one of those visits, less than three months later, that 3-year-old TaJanay Bailey was fatally beaten by her mother and Green, according to police. ... Juvenile court records released Friday shed some light on how the Child In Need of Services case involving TaJanay was handled by the court and DCS, but they still leave many unanswered questions. ...
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  • Chid killed after returned to mother
    ... Charity Bailey and Lawrence Green had not completed all of the steps the ... Marion County juvenile court and state Department of Child Services required ... TaJanay was a ward of the state when she died, but she had been returned to ... Need of Services case involving TaJanay was handled by the court and DCS, ...
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    ... Marion County juvenile court and state Department of Child Services ... TaJanay was a ward of the state when she died, ... Need of Services case involving TaJanay was handled by the court and DCS, ... when Bailey and Green had not completed all of the requirements ordered? ...
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  • Hearing Held Too Late for Dead Girl
    ... counselor and child advocate planned to ask a judge to take her from the ... That hearing never took place because TaJanay had been found injured and ... Charity Bailey and Lawrence Green, both 20, have pleaded not guilty ... Some 1,500 pages of court documents released Thursday by the DCS revealed ...
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