System's failures leave a child dead

Thursday, June 30, 2005

Another Missouri case of child abuse that resulted in death has made the headlines. A Farmington woman was charged with the child's death this week after police said she kicked the 8-month-old girl in the head. But Rebecca Gail Siliven, who is charged with the murder, had a prior child abuse conviction that prohibited her from having contact with children. So how was it that she was babysitting the child?

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