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A 9-year-old diabetic child died under Arizona’s state care while his father was in jail. The son was brain dead within days of being taken into state custody.

Richard Blodgett said he suspects the Arizona Department of Child Safety failed in its duty to protect his son, who was diagnosed with diabetes as a toddler.

A 9-year-old boy whose father was in jail on a drug charge died under the custody of the Arizona child welfare agency.

"They couldnt keep him alive for two weeks, two weeks," the father told the Associated Press while on a recent furlough from jail.

Richard Blodgett (left with his son Jakob) was jailed in December and his boy was put into a foster home. Just days after Blodgett was taken into custody, officials told him his son was brain dead.

A 9-year-old boy whose father was in jail on a drug charge died under the custody of the Arizona child welfare agency

A 9-year-old boy whose father was in jail on a drug charge died under the custody of the Arizona child welfare agency

Arizona dad seeking answers after son dies in state care | 2023-01-16 21:39:55

A medical examiner listed his son's death in late December as natural with complications from diabetes, a condition he was diagnosed with as a toddler.

<div class="at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url="http://www.metro.us/arizona-dad-seeking-answers-after-son-dies-in-state-care/"></div>FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Richard Blodgett, a single father, was jailed on a drug charge when a worker from Arizona’s child welfare agency delivered the news: His son was brain dead and on life support — just days after being taken into state custody. Blodgett screamed, cried and screamed some more. Jakob was his only [&hel...