Belleville News Democrat: Lethal Lapses http://www.bnd.com/lethal_lapses/index.xml News, sports, and entertainment from Belleville News Democrat en-us Copyright 2008 Belleville News Democrat Lethal Lapses 60 Mon, 05 May 2008 23:14:04 CDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys support@Belleville.com LETHAL LAPSES: 50 botched cases. 53 dead children. http://www.bnd.com/lethal_lapses/story/4597.html http://www.bnd.com/lethal_lapses/story/4597.html Mon, 05 May 2008 23:10 CDT Fifty-three children died between 1998 and 2005 after state child welfare workers assigned to protect them committed serious errors, made lapses in judgment and ignored their own rules. DCFS offers few answers about deaths http://www.bnd.com/lethal_lapses/story/5963.html http://www.bnd.com/lethal_lapses/story/5963.html Mon, 05 May 2008 23:11 CDT Illinois Department of Children and Family Services' top officials declined to be interviewed for this series. Caseworkers altered files after deaths of children http://www.bnd.com/lethal_lapses/story/4972.html http://www.bnd.com/lethal_lapses/story/4972.html Mon, 05 May 2008 23:10 CDT FAIRMONT CITY - While an arson investigator sifted through a fire-gutted trailer where a baby boy died, records show that state child protection workers met to alter the family's case file to erase concerns about the home's safety. The girl who never had a chance; the forgotten boy http://www.bnd.com/lethal_lapses/story/7824.html http://www.bnd.com/lethal_lapses/story/7824.html Mon, 05 May 2008 23:11 CDT Child victims: their stories http://www.bnd.com/lethal_lapses/story/7840.html http://www.bnd.com/lethal_lapses/story/7840.html Mon, 05 May 2008 23:10 CDT Cases are reviewed, results are questioned http://www.bnd.com/lethal_lapses/story/7841.html http://www.bnd.com/lethal_lapses/story/7841.html Mon, 05 May 2008 23:10 CDT LETHAL LAPSES: Child deaths referred to as 'heater cases' http://www.bnd.com/lethal_lapses/story/7843.html http://www.bnd.com/lethal_lapses/story/7843.html Mon, 05 May 2008 23:10 CDT FAIRMONT CITY - While an arson investigator sifted through a fire-gutted trailer where a baby boy died, records show that state child protection workers met to alter the family's case file to erase concerns about the home's safety. Can you help identify any more victims? http://www.bnd.com/lethal_lapses/story/7845.html http://www.bnd.com/lethal_lapses/story/7845.html Mon, 05 May 2008 23:10 CDT Duties of a DCFS worker http://www.bnd.com/lethal_lapses/story/7846.html http://www.bnd.com/lethal_lapses/story/7846.html Mon, 05 May 2008 23:10 CDT Series prompts DCFS to review agency policy http://www.bnd.com/lethal_lapses/story/7849.html http://www.bnd.com/lethal_lapses/story/7849.html Mon, 05 May 2008 23:10 CDT Hold DCFS accountable http://www.bnd.com/lethal_lapses/story/7850.html http://www.bnd.com/lethal_lapses/story/7850.html Mon, 05 May 2008 23:10 CDT Child victims: their stories http://www.bnd.com/lethal_lapses/story/7851.html http://www.bnd.com/lethal_lapses/story/7851.html Mon, 05 May 2008 23:10 CDT Edgardo Martin, 7 months old, Fairmont City. Died Jan. 27, 2005 LETHAL LAPSES: Is there a better way to protect children? http://www.bnd.com/lethal_lapses/story/7839.html http://www.bnd.com/lethal_lapses/story/7839.html Mon, 05 May 2008 23:10 CDT DCFS offers few answers about deaths http://www.bnd.com/lethal_lapses/story/7827.html http://www.bnd.com/lethal_lapses/story/7827.html Mon, 05 May 2008 23:10 CDT Child abuse hot line http://www.bnd.com/lethal_lapses/story/7828.html http://www.bnd.com/lethal_lapses/story/7828.html Mon, 05 May 2008 23:10 CDT Can you sue DCFS? The odds aren't very good http://www.bnd.com/lethal_lapses/story/7829.html http://www.bnd.com/lethal_lapses/story/7829.html Mon, 05 May 2008 23:11 CDT Consequences of child deaths http://www.bnd.com/lethal_lapses/story/7830.html http://www.bnd.com/lethal_lapses/story/7830.html Mon, 05 May 2008 23:11 CDT Woman: DCFS was indifferent to warning http://www.bnd.com/lethal_lapses/story/7826.html http://www.bnd.com/lethal_lapses/story/7826.html Mon, 05 May 2008 23:11 CDT DCFS and potential 'heater cases' http://www.bnd.com/lethal_lapses/story/7831.html http://www.bnd.com/lethal_lapses/story/7831.html Mon, 05 May 2008 23:11 CDT Inspector General fields hot line calls http://www.bnd.com/lethal_lapses/story/7832.html http://www.bnd.com/lethal_lapses/story/7832.html Mon, 05 May 2008 23:11 CDT