In July 2007, workers with the Child and Family Service Agency reported finding inadequate food and supervision for Relisha and her newborn brother and that Relisha had an injury that could have been caused by abuse. The records do not indicate that police were called or any of the children were removed.
In April 2010, the agency sustained a complaint that one of Youngs boys was neglected when doctors appointments were missed after a surgery, and that children were living in environmentally unsafe conditions. Records show that the home was full of cigarette butts and covered with trash, and that small children were allowed to bathe by themselves, without supervision.
A report from November 2013, when the family lived at the homeless shelter at D.C. General, shows that a social worker noted that one of Youngs boys had been physically abused by being thrown to the ground, cutting open his lip, and slapped in the face. Records say the mother was verbally abusive on a regular basis and would leave [the children] alone often.
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