Fair Oaks girl's death reveals tragedy of inaction

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Oct. 12--A neighbor could hear him screaming at the little girl while she was in the bathtub. A family friend saw him backhand the 3-year-old in the stomach when she interrupted his video game. A social worker assigned to protect her saw she had a broken arm and a mysterious burn, but the worker still recommended that the girl remain in the home. And that is where Valeeya Brazile was killed on Feb. 5 -- one in a series of Sacramento children to die this year of suspected abuse or neglect, despite intervention by Sacramento County's Child Protective Services. The case starkly illustrates the worst that can happen when the agency falls down on its job. But the tragedy also reveals a web of adults who knew or suspected that something was terribly wrong in Apartment 2 of the Northridge Terrace... [read full story]