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Never-before-seen emails, texts and case reports obtained by KARE 11 show child protection’s myriad of failures before 6-year-old Eli Hart was murdered by his mother

Eli Hart's mother Julissa Thaler has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering her 6-year-old son on May 20, 2022.

Eli Hart's mother Julissa Thaler has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering her 6-year-old son on May 20, 2022.

Eli Hart's mother Julissa Thaler has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering her 6-year-old son on May 20, 2022.

Eli Hart's mother Julissa Thaler has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering her 6-year-old son on May 20, 2022.

Julissa Thaler, the mother accused of killing her son, Eli Hart, has again turned down an offer to plead guilty to second-degree murder and will instead go to trial for first-degree murder.

The attorney for a mom accused of killing her son, Eli Hart, is seeking to have her statements to investigators suppressed. 

Suit contends workers ignored warning signs that Eli Harts mother was mentally ill. She was later charged with killing the boy.

The father of 6-year-old Eli Hart, who was shot and killed by his mother in May, according to charges, has named two Dakota County employees in a wrongful death lawsuit.

The father of 6-year-old Eli Hart has filed a wrongful death lawsuit related to his son's killing.