Shellay Ward was 7 years old, and weighed only 9 kilograms when she died recently. Her parents were "known to the Department for Community Services". There is now a warrant out for their arrest and they are missing. This is the second case in recent weeks of at risk children being brought to the Department's attention, but nothing been done to remove them or keep them safe. The first child was 2 years old and found stuffed into a suitcase and thrown into a lake.
How can a 7 year old child starve to death and not go to school and no one notices? What can we, as a society, do to prevent more tragedies like this?
RIP Dean Shillingworth (aged 2) and Shellay Ward (aged 7).
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2007-11-16
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