Relatives of Noah Cuatro, the 4-year-old Palmdale boy whose parents were charged with murder and torture in connection with his death, are suing Los Angeles County, alleging that prior to his death, there had been multiple reports of abuse to the county's DCFS.
The indictment also charges the boy's father with one count each of assault on a child causing death and sexual penetration of a child under 10, with the indictment alleging that the latter crime occurred on the same day the boy was attacked.
The boy's mother was additionally charged with one count of child abuse under circumstances likely to cause death.in their family pool in the 1200 block of East Avenue S around 4 p.m. July 5, 2019, but the boy's injuries later raised suspicions about how he died. Medical staff found the trauma he had suffered inconsistent with drowning.
The youngster was taken first to Palmdale Regional Medical Center and then to Children's Hospital Los Angeles, where he was pronounced dead July 6, 2019.had already been made to the county Department of Children and Family Services, according to the suit. "Instead of protecting Noah and his siblings, DCFS continued to place the children with their abusive parents, where the children continued to be abused over the course of several years," the suit alleges."At any given time, the Department of Children and Family Services serves more than 34,000 families and vulnerable children in Los Angeles County with an unwavering commitment to pursue child safety every day in our communities," the statement read.
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