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Maryam Khanum

Foster Family Warned Child Would Be 'Killed' If Sent Back to His Dad. The Dad Was Just Sentenced for the Boy's Death

Blake Dopriak and Zaydian Dopirak (Credit: Manchester PD/Dawn James)

A Missouri man was sentenced following the death of his son, an outcome the child's foster family warned officials of.

Zaydian Dopirak, 4, died while in the custody of his biological father in January 2022. Prior to being remanded to Blake Dopirak, Zaydian's foster parents, Dawn and Jeff James, warned officials that the child would die in the care of his father.

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