Bella Bond, toddler, murdered due to "demon possession"

[KevinM1]

This is a story that has gripped southern New England since June.  A trash bag was found on Deer Island with the remains of a toddler.  She was called Baby Doe for the last few months until last week, when her drug addled mother spilled the beans to a friend.  Her also drug addled boyfriend murdered the toddler because he thought she was possessed by demons.

It's also another tragic failure in a string of tragic failures for Boston's Child Services.  They're criminally incompetent.

Just terrible all around.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/mom-of-...smsnnews11

[Minimalist]

Hey, how convenient....just in time for pope frank to explain that "demons" are real and this guy should be freed!

http://www.livescience.com/48563-pope-fr...cisms.html

Casting Out Demons: Pope Francis Declares Support for Exorcisms

On your other point I don't think there is a state in the nation which has an effective CPS division.  Here in Arizona they fire administrators and they investigate case-workers and they change the name of the department..... they do everything except hire a sufficient number of investigators to keep track of the case load.  Then, when the legislature's criminal negligence results in some kid dying everyone acts as if they are shocked.

I imagine the game is the same in Massachusetts.

[rexbeccarox]

Wow. That is incredibly sad.

[Chad32]

It's odd how much some people will fight against abortions, yet CPS sucks balls. Not to mention wanting to cut food stamps, and other safety net programs. Where is the funding to help these children in need?

[TheRealJoeFish]

It's odd how much some people will fight against abortions, yet CPS sucks balls. Not to mention wanting to cut food stamps, and other safety net programs. Where is the funding to help these children in need?

[Aoi Magi]

You know, sometimes the tortures from the dark ages seem pretty well suited for some specific people.

[KevinM1]

Hey, how convenient....just in time for pope frank to explain that "demons" are real and this guy should be freed!

http://www.livescience.com/48563-pope-fr...cisms.html

Casting Out Demons: Pope Francis Declares Support for Exorcisms

On your other point I don't think there is a state in the nation which has an effective CPS division.  Here in Arizona they fire administrators and they investigate case-workers and they change the name of the department..... they do everything except hire a sufficient number of investigators to keep track of the case load.  Then, when the legislature's criminal negligence results in some kid dying everyone acts as if they are shocked.

I imagine the game is the same in Massachusetts.

Pretty much.  In this case, Massachusetts DCF had two cases against the mother for various child endangerment issues.  Both were closed.  Even though she was a raging heroin addict, and the kid was abused, and everything else.  No one gave a shit about the little girl.  So long as paperwork was filed, no one actually cared enough to check on her well-being.

But, yeah, they've rearranged the deckchairs of the department a few times over the last couple years because of kids getting beaten into comas or killed.  And everyone's like, "Oh, it's a tragedy!  Do something!"  And the state government makes promises, fires/hires people, moves existing employees around, and nothing really changes in terms of how cases are (mis)handled.

I'm not sure how my state's DCF compares overall.  I do know that NH hasn't had anything approaching the incompetence of Mass.  Yet.

[Chad32]

It's odd how much some people will fight against abortions, yet CPS sucks balls. Not to mention wanting to cut food stamps, and other safety net programs. Where is the funding to help these children in need?

And now we know! And knowing is half the battle.