GUILTY FL - Janiya Thomas, 11, Bradenton, Jan 2015

[BUF]

After reading this, I assume her body hasn't been released yet from the ME....

The funeral was a celebration of Janiya’s life along with her grandmother. And although Janiya’s body wasn’t physically inside of the church, it did bring the family some sort of closure.

http://www.baynews9.com/content/new...cles/bn9/2015/11/14/janiya_thomas_grandm.html

 

[AC's Grandma]

Many thanks for that post... "special" and "best," my toenail. Where were they when.....

Grrrrrr -- the sound of boiling blood.

What makes it even worse is that the other children have been placed with family. Why?!! In my opinion, NO member of this poor girl's family should have custody of the other children, they did nothing to help them or Janiya before, so why would they provide good care and comfort now when they need it most after being removed from their wicked mother.

 

[sallye818]

Was the grandmother that died the same one living where Janiya's body was found? I think I missed that detail...

 

[seattlechiquita]

Obituary, joint funeral... My azz. Where the blip where these people while this angel was being abused and murdered?


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[BUF]

Was the grandmother that died the same one living where Janiya's body was found? I think I missed that detail...

I think that was at her great grandmother & great aunts house.

 

[MsMarple]

Additional reports on case reviews of DCF and Manatee County Sheriff's Office involvement have been released:

According to the new report, Thomas' history with CPS dates back to 2000, when she was 16, and nowhere to be found to give consent for her premature baby to get medical treatment. Through 2015, the mother of five was investigated for family violence, physical abuse and neglect.

The report shows that over the years, there were doctors who confirmed scars left by burns and beatings with extension cords. There were investigators concerned by a controlling mother who wouldn't let them take pictures of her kids. And finally, it was an allegation of abuse that made them stop and question where Janiya actually was. That was September 23.

http://www.fox13news.com/news/local-news/53910257-story

Links to reports:

http://www.dcf.state.fl.us/newsroom/publicdocuments.asp?path=Headquarters/Janiya Thomas
http://archive.wtsp.com/assetpool/documents/151124051545_2015-279944.pdf

There's no longer any question that everyone failed not just Janiya but all the kids in that family.

 

[SCHMAE]

And no one did a thing.........
Why are we, the taxpayers , funding these organizations whose ONLY reason to exist is to protect children when they fail over and over again?

 

[BUF]

Child protection investigators “bullied” by dead girl’s mother

Manatee County Sheriff’s Office investigators interviewed by DCF stated they found Thomas “difficult” “could not be engaged” and they felt “bullied, intimidated and physically threatened” by her. Yet in 2014 when Keishanna Thomas told her case manager that she did not want to participate in voluntary protective services, child welfare professionals held a meeting and closed the case.

http://wfla.com/2015/11/25/child-protection-investigators-bullied-by-dead-girls-mother/

 

[Amonet]

Child protection investigators “bullied” by dead girl’s mother

Manatee County Sheriff’s Office investigators interviewed by DCF stated they found Thomas “difficult” “could not be engaged” and they felt “bullied, intimidated and physically threatened” by her. Yet in 2014 when Keishanna Thomas told her case manager that she did not want to participate in voluntary protective services, child welfare professionals held a meeting and closed the case.

http://wfla.com/2015/11/25/child-protection-investigators-bullied-by-dead-girls-mother/

It sounds like her children felt the same way...but they couldn't just close the file and walk away :-(

 

[Dogface]

If a parent being investigated is so much on the defense that is all the more reason to investigate and keep pressing the issue!

 

[borndem]

Child protection investigators “bullied” by dead girl’s mother

Manatee County Sheriff’s Office investigators interviewed by DCF stated they found Thomas “difficult” “could not be engaged” and they felt “bullied, intimidated and physically threatened” by her. Yet in 2014 when Keishanna Thomas told her case manager that she did not want to participate in voluntary protective services, child welfare professionals held a meeting and closed the case.

http://wfla.com/2015/11/25/child-protection-investigators-bullied-by-dead-girls-mother/

That poor, sweet child was doomed before she was even conceived. What crappy damm luck.

Let's hope that her tuff, sad life will bring about some thorough and grand-scale changes (and retirements/firings - IMO) at the DCF. Then her suffering and fear will not have been in vain.

Just dammit.

 

[pappa rob]

Child protection investigators “bullied” by dead girl’s mother

Manatee County Sheriff’s Office investigators interviewed by DCF stated they found Thomas “difficult” “could not be engaged” and they felt “bullied, intimidated and physically threatened” by her. Yet in 2014 when Keishanna Thomas told her case manager that she did not want to participate in voluntary protective services, child welfare professionals held a meeting and closed the case.

http://wfla.com/2015/11/25/child-protection-investigators-bullied-by-dead-girls-mother/

They should of pulled the children out of there right then. She was showing her true self.

 

[charminglane]

The first sentence in that article sounds like the Sheriff's Office was interviewed and found her a bully. Not the DCF. I had to read that a few times.
What, the Sheriff's were scared of this witch?
Such poorly worded information.

 

[kdg411]

That poor, sweet child was doomed before she was even conceived. What crappy damm luck.

Let's hope that her tuff, sad life will bring about some thorough and grand-scale changes (and retirements/firings - IMO) at the DCF. Then her suffering and fear will not have been in vain.

Just dammit.

Responsibility however should be aimed solely at DCF. What about Sarasota Safe Children Coalition and Youth and Family Alternatives who are/were paid to handle difficult cases such as this. IMO those who were contracted because they were qualified to address potentially difficult cases should be held accountable as well.

 

[borndem]

Responsibility however should be aimed solely at DCF. What about Sarasota Safe Children Coalition and Youth and Family Alternatives who are/were paid to handle difficult cases such as this. IMO those who were contracted because they were qualified to address potentially difficult cases should be held accountable as well.

You said it! It seems that the DCF, or whatever they are named throughout this country, are said to be understaffed and underpaid. Surely the supervisors and managers therein are paid a decent wage. So much literally life & death situations are in their files and on their visits -- every day. And IMO, this situation with Janiya hasn't been the first sad, sad story they have seen at this one. A door was opened by a very concerned person, and then shut by someone at DCF. I haven't "been there & done that" at a DCF, but how can this happen in a place where the very thing that they are there to prevent was allowed to happen to this family and ultimately this little girl with no angel? Yes, it needs investigating in every nook & cranny, IMHO. Now.

 

[U2forever]

Child protection investigators “bullied” by dead girl’s mother

Manatee County Sheriff’s Office investigators interviewed by DCF stated they found Thomas “difficult” “could not be engaged” and they felt “bullied, intimidated and physically threatened” by her. Yet in 2014 when Keishanna Thomas told her case manager that she did not want to participate in voluntary protective services, child welfare professionals held a meeting and closed the case.

http://wfla.com/2015/11/25/child-protection-investigators-bullied-by-dead-girls-mother/

What a poor excuse for not doing their
J.O.B.S!!


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[Amonet]

The first sentence in that article sounds like the Sheriff's Office was interviewed and found her a bully. Not the DCF. I had to read that a few times.
What, the Sheriff's were scared of this witch?
Such poorly worded information.

From what I have read, it's the sheriff's office that does child protection services in that county. So it would have been the DCF interviewing the child protection staff at the sheriff's office.

 

[BUF]

From what I have read, it's the sheriff's office that does child protection services in that county. So it would have been the DCF interviewing the child protection staff at the sheriff's office.

Very confusing, isn't it. In Manatee County, there are actually four agencies involved. Four agencies....and this still happened....Sad.


http://wfla.com/2015/11/03/new-records-show-confusion-in-janiya-thomas-abuse-case/

In other words, when several abuse and neglect allegations involving Keishanna Thomas surfaced last year—the most recent in a 14-year string of such allegations—all four agencies had a hand in evaluating the danger to Thomas’ children, deciding what kind of intervention was appropriate and delivering social services.

 

[mikkismom]

Mother of Janiya Thomas to make court appearance
http://www.baynews9.com/content/new...icles/bn9/2015/12/3/mother_of_janiya_tho.html

 

[BUF]

Keishanna Thomas will stand trial in May on charges she abused her 12-year-old son, but no trial has been set for separate charges involving her daughter

The aggravated child abuse and abuse of a dead body case involving Janiya was continued to Feb. 18 for another case management hearing.
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The investigation into Janiya’a death remains ongoing. Janiya’s autopsy was inconclusive and futher testing was required, and the medical examiner is awaiting those results before making a ruling on the cause and manner of death.

http://www.bradenton.com/news/local/crime/article47709620.html