CT - Tabitha Frank charged after 2-year old son who was left home alone dies from falling out of 3rd-story window - July 27, 2023

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Conn. mom arrested after 2-year-old son fell from a high window and died

HARTFORD, Conn. (TCD) -- A 34-year-old mother was arrested and charged after her 2-year-old son fell from a third-story window over the weekend and died after being taken to the hospital in critical condition.

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HARTFORD, Conn. (TCD) -- A 34-year-old mother was arrested and charged after her 2-year-old son fell from a third-story window over the weekend and died after being taken to the hospital in critical condition.

Hartford Police Lt. Aaron Boisvert told reporters officers responded to a home on the 1000 block of Capitol Avenue on Saturday, July 22, after receiving a call about a child who fell from a window. When they arrived, they found the toddler suffering from "serious" and "life-threatening" injuries. He was transported to a local hospital, where he later died.

Boisvert said the boy’s "very bad" fall "appears to be a case of neglect" and that there were four other children at the residence all under the age of 12. Boisvert described the home as "very deplorable."

He confirmed that the child fell after a screen came off. The children were reportedly home alone when the incident occurred.

 

[dalsglen]

Now forgive me cause sometimes I don't quite get US laws but I think from reading the court records that she's only been charged with risk of injury to a child (10 counts). I know often times smaller charges are laid before the big ones hit but...

Might need to search her name, Tabitha frank.

https://www.jud2.ct.gov/crdockets/CaseDetail.aspx?source=Pending&Key=37e66079-41fb-45be-9a72-4273d28d4532

 

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Tabitha Frank faces 11 charges, including manslaughter. She had left her son home with his young siblings.

The state’s child welfare agency, DCF, had reportedly visited Frank’s home a month before the boy died.

The two-year-old, who was Black, was reportedly seen landing head first on the concrete after he fell out the window of his mother’s subsidized third floor apartment.

Meanwhile, child welfare officials say they’re reviewing their interactions with the Frank family. The other siblings are now in state custody.

As a Hartford mother faces arraignment in her toddler’s death, report examines systemic issues

State Child Advocate Sarah Eagan, who monitors agencies that protect children, recently released a report on the causes of toddler deaths and policy solutions.

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