Relatives say repeated cries for help went unanswered. “Everything that I told them could happen did happen,” said Emerald Johnson, adding that she had made multiple calls to social services that resulted in no action. “I think they didn’t care.”
Samantha Johnson and her boyfriend, Dhante Jackson, have been arrested on suspicion of abusing and killing Johnson’s 8-year-old daughter, Sophia Mason.
Jackson was enraged by the mess, Samantha Johnson told detectives. She described how he hoisted the girl off the floor by her hair and threw her into the hallway. She said Sophia was missing “several patches of hair” when she took her into the bathroom to wash. A disproportionate number of Black children are removed from their homes in L.A. County. Now, the county has backed a “blind removal” pilot for study.
Emerald Johnson said she made more than 10 calls to the county’s hotline, but some appear to have not been documented. Once a caseworker was assigned to Sophia, Johnson said she started calling that person.An investigationfound that social workers made glaring errors in their inquiries into Sophia’s care and failed to notify law enforcement when police should have been involved. Family members said multiple calls were ignored.
Attorneys for Samantha Johnson and Jackson, who have both pleaded not guilty, did not respond to requests for comment.L.A. County social workers and LAPD officers were told repeatedly that Liliana Carrillo was a danger to her kids. Now the children’s father is suing. But Samantha Johnson sneaked out one night with Sophia. The next day, Emerald Johnson said, Sophia told her and her grandmother that she had seen her mother and Jackson having sex and that Jackson stared at her the entire time.
She and her mother quickly reached out to the county’s social services agency, warning that Sophia was not safe. Sophia showed bruises and scabs on her leg, according to her aunt, and also told the social worker her mother would “make me say things that are not true.”Social workers would continue to be notified during the remainder of the year that Sophia was being abused, according to the claim filed against the county.
In June 2021, the claim states there was a report of a massive bruise on Sophia’s arm, from her elbow to her wrist, that officials failed to investigate. Three months later, another referral was made after Sophia was found with more bruises during a doctor’s visit and marks that looked like old cigarette burns.
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