In Memory of Children who Have Died After Being Taken From Their Families by Force

Children placed in for-profit foster care systems in the USA are dying at alarming rates. Many of these deaths are not being investigated, and autopsies are not being attached to the closed case files according to a two year a two-year investigation by Buzz-Feed. The companies and agencies charged with keeping foster children safe often failed to provide basic protections or take steps to prevent tragedies.

This post is simply to honor these children who died needlessly at the hands of a corrupt and greedy system! Please take the time to honor them by reading their stories. This is just a fraction of children that have died all around the world.

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6-week-old Macey Wilson died suddenly in a foster home after she had no apparent health problems. Macey was taken from her parents and placed into foster care due the mother’s mental health and homelessness.

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Family Seeks Answers After 6-Week-Old Baby Dies at Foster Home

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3-month-old Jonathan Smith was taken into protective custody following allegations of abuse, died in foster care. Court documents his biological parents, Fleshman and Smith, failed to supervise and protect Jonathan from abuse and neglect.

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After Baby Dies in Foster Care, Biological Family Wants Answers
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3-month-old Zane Wolfgang Thomas away from his mother, shortly after he was born. His mother was struggling with a drug addiction.

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Family of baby who died in foster care: 'CPS messed up
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22-month-old Conner Hawes drowned in a moss-covered fish pond at his foster parents’ home near Fort Scott . His foster father was inside watching television while Conner and three other foster children played outside. It was believed that Conner died as a result of neglect.

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Mother says her toddler’s death in foster care was neglect. The state disagrees.

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2-year old Alexandria Hill was murdered by her foster mother, Sherill Small.

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Family demands to know how 6-week-old baby died in Sacramento foster care

Alexandria was taken from her young parents at the age of 1 by the state child welfare agency because her parents smoked marijuana around the child and her mother periodically suffered from grand mal seizures.

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Life in prison without parole for foster mother accused of murdering two-year-old Alex Hill

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3-year-old Sherin Mathews was found dead in a culvert near her adoptive parent's home. Sherin died from homicidal violence and did not die of natural causes. Wesley and Sini Mathews are trying to regain custody of their 4-year-old biological daughter. Ariza and her siblings were taken out of the parents’ care due to “drug use, homelessness and allegations of sexual abuse.”

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Judge Rules For CPS In Deceased Toddler’s Parents Fight For Custody Of Other Child

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11-month-old Ariza Barreras died from “a lack of care” in her caregivers home who was taking care of Ariza. Her caregiver told deputies she had been taking care of Ariza and her siblings for the past three days and all three “had severe diarrhea, running noses, and coughs.” But, she said, she did not take them to a hospital or doctor. Ariza was sleeping buckled into a car seat in her caretakers room. When her caretaker awoke, she said, she found Ariza dead. Charges were dropped against foster caretaker who was accused of child abuse!

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Foster child found dead in filthy Belen home

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3-year-old Mariah died from an overdose of meth. The first time tMariah ingested meth, she recovered but she wasn’t removed from the foster home. Two weeks later, though, she ingested meth again. This time, 3-year-old Mariah died. Paramedics found a baggie of methamphetamine rocks in her room. Mariah and her brother 5--ear-old brother were taken from their mother and put into foster care based on allegations of abuse and neglect.

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County sued over 3-year-old's alleged meth death; 'I should have protected her,' brother says

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one-year-old Ka'ron Mason died from burns from a scalding bath his foster father gave him. The 33-year old foster father was indicted on charges of felony murder, involuntary manslaughter, cruelty to children and child neglect. Ka'ron was placed in the foster home after a judge removed him from his parents shortly after birth. The judge determined it was in his best interest to be placed in foster care.

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Baby dies in foster care, foster dad charged with murder

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[CLICK THIS LINK FOR A LIST OF MANY MANY MORE DEATHS}(http://fixcas.com/tomb.htm)

HERE ARE JUST A FEW THAT ARE LISTED:

Alberto Acevedo, Florida, August 16 1979 - March 17 1993, gunshot
Chelsey Acorn, Abbotsford British Columbia, May 4 1991 - October 2005, runaway/strangled
Adrian Jose Castro Acosta, Meadowbrook California, September 9 1994 - June 11 2011, runaway/gunshot
Genesis Acosta-Garcia, Las Vegas Nevada, August 20 2005 - November 19 2005, septic shock
Demetrick Dantrell Adams, Covington Georgia, January 1989 - May 30 1989, battered
Joseph Maoping Adams, Lexington Kentucky, October 16 2006 - December 3 2011, vinegar
Payshience (Tia) Rose Adams, Lookingglass Oregon, June 10 2007 - November 7 2017, gunshot
Samuel Matthew Adams, Park Hills Missouri, January 4 2012 - January 19 2014, shaken baby
Sonny P Adams, Lake Charles Louisiana, October 18 1990 - May 17 2006, hit by train
Travis C Adams, Salem Oregon, August 8 2000 - December 16 2002, wandered into creek
Trysten Eli Frank Adams, Port Saint Lucie Florida, July 24 2012 - September 28 2014, battered (disputed)
Vanessa Adams, Victoria Australia, September 9 1986 - September 3 2003, suicide
Watson Glenn Adkins, Prestonsburg Kentucky, November 25 2008 - September 29 2011, battered
Aedyn Agminalis, Tampa Florida, seventeen months old, December 11 2016, head injury
Janessa D Aguirre, Anchorage Alaska, October 18 1995 - December 16 1997, battered
Alexis (Lexie) Agyepong-Glover, Manassas Virginia, February 26 1995 - January 7 2009, homicide/drowned in creek
Riaz Khan Ahmadzai, Wurzburg Germany, seventeen years old, July 18 2016, shot by police
Jeffrey T Aissa, Binghamton New York, seventeen years old, March 17 2011, arson
Sylvester Akapalara, Peckham London England, seventeen years old, December 29 2010, gunshot
Gordon Akins, El Reno Oklahoma, seventeen years old, December 2011, suicide
Lydia Citrine Alday, Brazoria County Texas, November 10 2004 - June 8 2007, unknown
Reanna Marie Alderette, Bakersfield California, December 26 2005 - June 1 2008, battered
Gregory A Aldrich, Springfield Massachusetts, September 20 1972 - May 23 1990, stabbing
Donnie Ray Aldridge, Oklahoma, three years old, ca 1981, accident
Danial S Alexander, Portland Maine, November 23 1990 - January 20 1993
Patrick Kennedy Alford Jr, Brooklyn New York, November 28 2002 - January 22 2010, missing
Gleb Alfyorov, Oakville Ontario, May 8 1991 - May 13 2008, suicide/hanging
Angela Dawn Allen, Van Buren Arkansas, September 16 1995 - February 17 2012, murder
Arielle Ann Allen, San Diego California, December 30 1991 - June 21 1996, fall
Christopher James Allen, Louisville Kentucky, two years old, August 28 2008, battered
Jeremy Allen, Chicago Heights Illinois, seventeen years old, November 28 1994, house fire
Kayla Yvonne Allen, Richlands North Carolina, November 10 1995 - August 24 2003, poison/insecticide
Matthew Gear Allen, Happy Valley-Goose Bay Labrador, February 5 1995 - June 22 2008, house fire
Nathaniel Jacob Allen, Lisbon Falls Maine, April 21 2001 - February 15 2003, beaten with spoon
Shaquan Allen, Lake Villa Illinois, sixteen years old, March 30 2016, chokehold
William Michael Allen, Herkimer New York, July 21 2010 - September 2 2011, head injury
Adam Alley, Ponca City Oklahoma, thirteen months old, July 30 1998, choking
Sabrina M (Bree) Almaraz, Pennfield Township Michigan, September 15 1998 - December 10 2015, car crash
Kevin L Alston, Lexington County South Carolina, September 11 1990 - June 16 1993, drowned in pool
Giovanni (Joey) Alteriz, Ephrata Pennsylvania, sixteen years old, February 4 2006, restraint
Pedro Alva, San Diego California, fifteen years old, July 2003, cardio-respiratory arrest
Cindy M Alvarado, District of Columbia, May 25 1990 - September 26 2003, untreated intestines
Emma Mei Alvey née Mei Fu Ping, Spring Hill Tennessee, February 11 2004 - October 24 2005, battered
Andrew Scott Anderson, Mount Gravatt East Queensland Australia, September 10 1990 - July 25 2005, suicide/gunshot
Byron W Anderson, DeKalb County Georgia, sixteen months old, December 16 1994, brain damage / seizure
Kyionn Anderson, Boston Massachusetts, February 3 1980 - March 4 1989, house fire
Manique Anderson, Richmond Virginia, fifteen years old, January 2 1988, burns
Rodney Anderson, Indianapolis Indiana, July 27 1991 - September 15 2007, stabbing
Sarah Marie Anderson, Utah, June 1979 - December 1979, crib death
Sharie (Sherie) L Anderson, Boston Massachusetts, February 23 1979 - March 4 1989, house fire
Socrates L Anderson, Fort Wayne Indiana, one year old, October 10 1999, drowned in tub
Urandia Anderson, New York City, five years old, November 8 1990, battered
Natasha Mukti Angel, Sisters Oregon, ca 1996 - March 19 1998, malnutrition
Leon Anger, Vanango County Pennsylvania, seventeen years old, September 16 1984, runaway/drowning
Alexander (Alex) A Angulo, Chicago Illinois, August 20 2004 - January 11 2009, rottweiler
Andrew Anstey, Keysbrook Western Australia, thirteen years old, July 22 2005, runaway/diabetic
Starla Antoine, Burns Lake British Columbia, twelve years old, December 3 2007, car crash
Theresa (Teresa) Anziano, Baltic South Dakota, March 22 1972 - June 1987, put under chest
Erick Aragon, Sanpete County Utah, six years old, 1989
Richard L (Ricky) Aragon, Albuquerque New Mexico, January 24 1991 - April 12 1993, battered
Joseph Archibeque, Los Lunas New Mexico, October 30 1993 - December 26 2007, alcohol and drugs
Dreydon Anthony Archuleta née Deleon, Salt Lake City Utah, April 13 2004 - September 29 2004, shaken baby
Shirley A Arciszewski, Charlotte North Carolina, April 19 1992 - September 11 2004, restraint
Miguel Humberto Arias-Baca, Westminster Colorado, two years old, February 2 1999, battered
Tony Lee Armentrout Jr, Shrewsbury Pennsylvania, April 4 2002 - July 14 2004, drowning
Tez'arrion Armour, Manatee County Florida, October 13 2006 - October 28 2008, battered
Alicia Armstrong, San Bernardino California, three years old, July 28 1991, dismembered
Angellika Nicole Arndt, Rice Lake Wisconsin, March 3 1999 - May 26 2006, restraint
Dakota Jacob Arndt, Soddy-Daisy Tennessee, February 5 2011 - August 29 2014, battered
Katelynn Arnold, Ragland Alabama, December 15 2002 - May 10 2012, homicide/hanging
Robert W Arnold, Cleveland Ohio, six years old, August 26 1977, salt

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