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AJ Freund could have been saved from beating death if DCFS workers had asked for help, doctor and...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 9 months agoFive-year-old A.J. Freund’s life could have been saved if child welfare workers had alerted other...
Ex-child welfare workers don’t testify in their trial related to death of 5-year-old AJ Freund;...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 9 months agoCHICAGO — Two former child welfare workers declined to testify Friday in their trial on charges they...
Caseworker in Illinois gets 6 months in jail for child endangerment in AJ Freund case
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoCHICAGO — A former state child welfare caseworker on Thursday was sentenced to six months in jail...
Judge sentences former Illinois child welfare worker to jail in boy's death
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoA judge sentenced a former Illinois state child welfare worker to six months in jail Thursday in...
Former DCFS worker handling AJ Freund case sentenced to 6 months in jail
WFLD via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoA former investigator for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services who was found...
Prosecutor opposes bill to help moms whose babies are born with drugs in system
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 month agoA proposal to change the way Illinois handles new mothers with drug-use disorders is meant to prioritize treatment, but it has prompted “grave concerns” from a prosecutor who oversaw one infamous ...
Two ex-DCFS workers go on trial for child endangerment in murder of 5-year-old AJ Freund in Crystal...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 9 months agoWhen 5-year-old AJ Freund was beaten to death in 2019, outrage focused on his parents, who were convicted and sentenced to prison. Attention then shifted to the handling of the tragedy by child ...
Supervisor denies DCFS workers were ‘lazy’ at endangerment trial in death of 5-year-old AJ Freund
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 9 months agoQuestioning by defense attorneys Wednesday led to suggestions that former child welfare workers did more to investigate an abuse allegation involving 5-year-old AJ Freund than was reflected ...
DCFS workers could’ve saved 5-year-old AJ Freund from beating death if they’d acted on abuse...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA former child welfare supervisor expressed surprise when he saw a picture of a large red bruise on 5-year-old AJ Freund, but suggested acceptance of the boy’s explanation that the dog did it ...
Ex-Illinois child welfare worker guilty of endangerment after boy beaten to death by mom
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 8 months agoA judge convicted a former state child welfare worker Friday of child endangerment in connection with the 2019 beating death of a 5-year-old suburban Chicago boy by his mother, but the judge ...