http://www.metafilter.com/tags/childneglect Posts tagged with 'childneglect' at MetaFilter. Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:21:53 -0800 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:21:53 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/73787/Danieal%2DKelly Sadfilter: The death of Danieal Kelly. Danieal was a 14-year-old Philadelphia girl, born with cerebral palsy, who was denied care and neglected by her mother until her death of starvation, thirst and bedsores, shut away in her bedroom from her siblings. What had social services done to help her? Nothing -- <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/02/us/02starve.html?ref=us">until she died</a>, and a scramble to falsify documents began. <a href="http://www.philly.com/inquirer/front_page/20080801_Cover-up__Documents_were_forged__and_falsified__report_says_.html">Nine people have now been indicted</a> on various charges relating to her death and its investigation, including two case workers. The sight of one of her autopsy photos led the then mayor, John Street, to fire the acting commissioner of the DHS. <a href="http://media.philly.com/documents/Grand_Jury_DHS_new.pdf">Grand jury report</a> [PDF. One graphic postmortem photo included.] tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.73787 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:21:53 -0800 childneglect dhs philadelphia socialservices Countess Elena