While police continue to investigate a murder-suicide in north Columbus, the children of the deceased have now found themselves in a safe, familiar place.
after a call from a neighbor concerned about unattended children.
The couple's three young children --ages 4, 6 and 8 -- were thrown into the foster care system. A local community quickly stepped up to the plate in response. After we put a call for help to the community, we were able to identify a family close to these three young children to make sure that those kids are in a safe location, a stable location -- right now, with a family friend,” said Scott Varner, spokesperson for Franklin County Children Services.
Someone that this young person knows, because we know that when a young person is coming into the child welfare system -- in this case coming into it very quickly, and there’s a lot of trauma with it -- we can minimize by placing that young person... with folks that they recognize...
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