02-05-2011, 09:17 PM
follow-up to previous 2 posts. poor baby.
TAMPA --
Roderique Anderson, a 16-month-old-boy, died at St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa Saturday.
Tampa Police say the boy's father, Dwayne Poole, abused the boy and now faces first degree murder charges.
Relatives of Anderson said they were told Thursday doctors were giving the toddler 72 hours before they would take him off life support.
Relatives have been blaming the state for placing the child with his father, who has a criminal record.
The Florida Department of Families is admitting mistakes in this case.
"We are going to say upfront that we are looking at that process right now, we don't believe it was done to the best of our ability" said DCF spokeswoman Erin Gillespie. "There are some concerning things in the father's history that should have made us think twice about where this child was going to be placed."
Stating safety concerns, DCF says the baby was removed from his mother's care several times. Ultimately, the boy's mother took Ronderique to live with his father.
Gillispie says the agency did look at other family members, but they didn't qualify. YEAH, THEY'RE ALL LOWLIFE SCUM!
"We have criminal histories on both sides, we think that there probably should have been more due diligence done to determine where this child should have gone," said Gillespie.
TAMPA --
Roderique Anderson, a 16-month-old-boy, died at St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa Saturday.
Tampa Police say the boy's father, Dwayne Poole, abused the boy and now faces first degree murder charges.
Relatives of Anderson said they were told Thursday doctors were giving the toddler 72 hours before they would take him off life support.
Relatives have been blaming the state for placing the child with his father, who has a criminal record.
The Florida Department of Families is admitting mistakes in this case.
"We are going to say upfront that we are looking at that process right now, we don't believe it was done to the best of our ability" said DCF spokeswoman Erin Gillespie. "There are some concerning things in the father's history that should have made us think twice about where this child was going to be placed."
Stating safety concerns, DCF says the baby was removed from his mother's care several times. Ultimately, the boy's mother took Ronderique to live with his father.
Gillispie says the agency did look at other family members, but they didn't qualify. YEAH, THEY'RE ALL LOWLIFE SCUM!
"We have criminal histories on both sides, we think that there probably should have been more due diligence done to determine where this child should have gone," said Gillespie.