A lot of people around the country are shocked. well, what i found curious is that the assistant secretary of the department of children and families said that no, there was nothing in our findings that shocked him. and i think that s correct. and that s one of the things that concerns me, is that we read hundreds and hundreds of death reviews on these kids and the findings were similar over many years. one of the issues that troubled us was that florida had been for years executing these things called safety plans. in other states a safety plan comes with some type of oversight, some type of supervision where you are ensuring that the family complies with the things that they promise to do.
With a mortgage that s engineered to amaze! last month the miami herald released the findings from a year-long investigation into florida s department of children and families which found that since 2008 at least 477 children whose families had previously been reported to the department had died specifically of abuse or neglect. you can see the names and the photos of some of these children on the bottom right-hand corner of your screen. two of the children were fraternal twins. davonte and tariji gordon. and when davonte was two months old he suffocated and died while sleeping on the couch with his mother. she later tested positive for cocaine. dsf took his sister, tariji, away from their mother but then returned her after the mother
but young had no legal action she could take when her daughter fled if her davey home to move in with frazier in orlando. in less than two weeks after a series of agency missteps tori was dead. his skull was crushed. he had blood stains. he had been brutally beat. to death. there s no way of getting around it. they should have took him away. they should have protected him. and they didn t. they failed my grandson. joining us now is one of the miami herald reporters behind in innocence lost investigative series, carol marvin and james hawn, former commander at the miami county sheriff s department in florida who supervised child abuse investigations. welcome to you both. thank you. thank you for having us. absolutely. carol, i want to start with you. this is some very important investigative work, very difficult. the team here at the last word has been looking over your work
but young had no legal action she could take when her daughter fled if her davey home to move in with frazier in orlando. in less than two weeks after a series of agency missteps torey was dead. his skull was crushed. he had blood stains. he had been brutally beat. to death. there s no way of getting around it. they should have took him away. they should have protected him. and they didn t. they failed my grandson. joining us now is one of the miami herald reporters behind in innocence lost investigative series, carol marvin and james hawn, former commander at the miami county sheriff s department in florida who supervised child abuse investigations. welcome to you both. thank you. thank you for having us. absolutely. carol, i want to start with you. this is some very important investigative work, very difficult. the team here at the last word has been looking over your work and wanting to help spotlight what you ve already been reporting.