Found Deceased IL - Semaj Crosby, 16 mos, Joliet Township, 25 April 2017
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Family of Murdered Joliet Toddler Semaj Crosby Receives $6.4 Million Settlement – NBC Chicago
April 22, 2022
A settlement of more than $6.4 million has been reached between the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services and the family of Semaj Crosby, the 17-month-old who was found dead under a couch in her Joliet home nearly five years ago.
Attorney Jay Paul Deratany brought a civil case against Illinois DCFS on behalf of Semaj's father and her siblings.
According to a DCFS report released after the toddler's death in 2017, caseworkers had responded to the Joliet home 10 times before the girl was reported missing by her mother.
“The criminal investigation we expected to be over, and it’s a surprise to us that it wasn’t,” Deratany said.
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The Will County State’s Attorney’s office said on Friday that it cannot comment on open investigations. The case still remains open and unsolved.
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April 22, 2022
A settlement of more than $6.4 million has been reached between the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services and the family of Semaj Crosby, the 17-month-old who was found dead under a couch in her Joliet home nearly five years ago.
Attorney Jay Paul Deratany brought a civil case against Illinois DCFS on behalf of Semaj's father and her siblings.
According to a DCFS report released after the toddler's death in 2017, caseworkers had responded to the Joliet home 10 times before the girl was reported missing by her mother.
“The criminal investigation we expected to be over, and it’s a surprise to us that it wasn’t,” Deratany said.
[.....]
The Will County State’s Attorney’s office said on Friday that it cannot comment on open investigations. The case still remains open and unsolved.
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So many thoughts, so many questions.
I do appreciate DCFS being made accountable and striving to make changes, and I also feel that the siblings should be compensated as a part of this settlement. Who do the surviving siblings live with? Does dad still have a relationship with his mother/sister who were in the home when Semaj died?
I do appreciate DCFS being made accountable and striving to make changes, and I also feel that the siblings should be compensated as a part of this settlement. Who do the surviving siblings live with? Does dad still have a relationship with his mother/sister who were in the home when Semaj died?
