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Autopsy Shines Light on Death of Child Taken by Arizona's Child Welfare Agency

He was hospitalized multiple times for diabetes while in state custody.

Reason · Apr 24, 2023

Arizona boy hospitalized twice before death in state care

An autopsy report released this month says a 9-year-old boy in the care of Arizona's child welfare agency was hospitalized twice for a life-threatening complication of diabetes before he died Dec. 26

The Independent UK · Apr 19, 2023

Single dad 'completely lost' after boy, 9, dies just days after taken into care

The child's father, Richard Blodgett, who was jailed on a drug charge, said he was only using fentanyl for pain management after he dropped 300 pounds with weight loss surgery

Daily Mirror · Jan 18, 2023

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A Boy Was Taken Into State Custody. 2 Weeks Later, He Was Dead.

"They couldn't keep him alive for two weeks," says the boy's father. "That's absolutely insane."

Reason · Jan 17, 2023

Arizona dad seeking answers after son dies in state care

A 9-year-old boy whose father was in jail on a drug charge died under the custody of the Arizona child welfare agency

The Independent UK · Jan 16, 2023

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