A child is removed from his or her biological parents due to an allegation of abuse or neglect. The child is placed in foster care by DCF. The foster parents have been licensed by DCF. DCF has performed their “due diligence.” The child will now be safe. After all, the child was removed for its own protection.
Tragically, this was not the case for a six-month-old infant placed in a foster home in Westport, CT. The baby was the victim of “shaken baby syndrome.” The perpetrators? The foster parents. Westport Police arrested the couple on January 20, 2011.
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