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CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) –
The Child Welfare Review Panel reviewing children services case handling of 4-year-old Aniya Day-Garrett is expected to complete their investigation by mid-May, according to a county spokeswoman.
The Child Welfare Review Panel is also inspecting Cuyahoga County Department of Family Services procedures.
In a March 27 news release, Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish stated that “Aniya Day-Garrett’s death is a tragedy” and that they too “must thoroughly investigate the case and our practices at the Department of Children and Family Services.” Executive Budish compiled a panel of six local and national experts to review Aniya’s case and the county’s procedures.
Why is it taking so long to review a case now that only took CCCFS six weeks to close the books on?
Aniya Day-Garrett, age 4, of Euclid, Ohio was known to the Cuyahoga County Children Department of Children and Family Services system at the time of her death. CCCFS had recently investigated complaints of abuse and neglect against Aniya, but after six weeks, said there wasn’t enough evidence to remove her from her mother, Sierra Day’s home.
On March 11, Aniya died in her mother’s apartment. Sierra Day and her mother’s boyfriend Deonte Lewis were both arrested, charged and later indicted for Aniya’s murder. According to the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office, Aniya was malnourished and died from head trauma complications. The full autopsy report is not yet available.
Could the Cuyahoga County Children Protective Service workers have saved Aniya’s life?
There are growing concerns over who could have stopped Aniya’s death. Did CCCFS have enough evidence to have removed Aniya from her home when CCCFS investigated her case in May 2017? After all, the county did receive three calls regarding Aniya being abused in 2017. In addition to those calls, Aniya’s father Mickhal Garrett had recently filed an affidavit with Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court in December 2017 to get the process rolling to gain back custody of Aniya. In a letter to the court, Garrett stated he felt his daughter was being abused at home. He said he had a home where Aniya could even have her own room.
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