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Our View: Build a better child welfare system – finally

by The Editorial Board June 30, 2019June 28, 2019

The attention the system gets after a high-profile case should not be allowed to fade.

Another 34 deaths that were ruled accidental or of natural causes occurred in homes where abuse or neglect was substantiated.

Gatto was convicted in April of subjecting the girl in her care to what a judge called ‘outrageous, revolting, shocking and brutal’ abuse.

The judge also denies a motion to suppress statements the mother of Marissa Kennedy made to police about daily abuse.