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Hayward Police Department reports were obtained by the Bay Area News Group show officers picked up on the dangers she faced -- dangers that Alameda County social workers had dismissed for a year.
In announcing the arrests, Merced police gave new details about the 8-year-old Hayward girl's death.
Court releases 400 pages of new records in Sophia Mason's case
Court releases 400 pages of new records in Sophia Mason's case
The family of Sophia Mason, the eight-year-old girl whose body was found a year ago in a bathtub in Merced following months of abuse and neglect, has now formally filed suit against Alameda County over social workers' failure to identify and address that abuse.