That lousy rotten SOB bastard, and why didn’t the mother leave with the little boy?
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Mom and Dad were separated and involved in a custody battle. Mom reported multiple times to CPS that her son came back home with bruises after visits with Dad. She sent emails, pictures, notices, and text messages. She petitioned for emergency full custody.
She was denied custody the day before her son died.
Mom tried to save her son. CPS and the courts failed them.