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It. i thank you both for joining me here on cnn. god bless you. thank you, niger. as part of our special look at kids in crisis, the story of 4-year-old miles dobson has struck with all of us. tonight a funeral is being held here in new york for the 4-year-old who was found dead early they are month after police say he suffered horrific abuse at the hands of his caretaker. his death, as we are now learning, the result of a system and family that time and time again failed to care for that little boy. margaret conley is outfront with more. the 4-year-old was found starved beaten and burned on the bathroom floor of a luxury high rise apartment in new york city. he died in part because a system designed to protect neglected kids like him had failed time and again. new york mayor, bill de blasio, ordered a review of dobson s case and called for changes in hopes something like this never happens again. it is very, very painful to ....
Differently? yes, we should have. reporter: last month, police say wade left his son in the care of 27-year-old chrissy king. wade was arrested a few days later for bank fraud. he pleaded guilty and remains in jail. according to a criminal report, the final weeks of dobson s short life were filled with acts of neglect and violence at the hands of caretaker king. the criminal complaint says he suffered burns on his face, head and body, and bruises consistent with being restrained. king is charged with first degree assault and unlawful imprisonment and is being investigated on suspicion of murder. king s attorney says his client is to be presumed innocent. miles dobson will be laid to rest in a family plot in his native south carolina. margaret conley, cnn, new york. thank you, margaret. still to come on cnn, a speed skater gives new meaning to the term sore loser. jeanne moos introduces us to the world s angriest athlete, next. hey guys! sorry we re late. did you run into traffic? ....
Through such agony. and that a child was lost that we believe there were more than one opportunity to save. and we want to going forward learn from this tragedy and make changes as a result. reporter: for most of his life, dobson was moved from one caretaker to another. his mother, ashley dobson, lost custody of her son in 2011 for failing to care for him. she says she lost custody for financial reasons. dobson was placed with his father, okie wade. wade has an extensive criminal record. over the period of a year, children s services visited dobson s home nine times. but never discovered wade was in jail during each of those visits. every time we went to visit our workers went, we were told that the father was working, and was working very long hours, 16 hours a day, and that s why he wasn t available. should we have done something differently? ....
Should be doing. reverend, thank you your critique should be bipartisan. that s going to have to be it. i thank you both for joining me here on cnn. god bless you. as part of our special look at kids in crisis, the story of 4-year-old miles dobson has struck with all of us. tonight a funeral is being held here in new york for the 4-year-old who was found dead early they are month after police say he suffered horrific abuse at the hands of his caretaker. his death, as we are now learning, the result of a system and family that time and time again failed to care for that little boy. margaret conley is outfront with more. the 4-year-old was found starved beaten and burned on the bathroom floor of a luxury high rise apartment in new york city. he died in part because a system designed to protect neglected kids like him had failed time and again. new york mayor, bill de blasio, ordered a review of dobson s case and called for changes in hopes something like this never happen ....
reporter: last month, police say wade left his son in the care of 27-year-old chrissy king. wade was arrested a few days later for bank fraud. he pleaded guilty and remains in jail. according to a criminal report, the final weeks of dobson s short life were filled with acts of neglect and violence at the hands of caretaker king. the criminal complaint says he suffered burns on his face, head and body, and bruises consistent with being restrained. king is charged with first degree assault and unlawful imprisonment and is being investigated on suspicion of murder. king s attorney says his client is to be presumed innocent. miles dobson will be laid to rest in a family plot in his native south carolina. margaret conley, cnn, new york. thank you, margaret. still to come on cnn, a speed skater gives new meaning to the term sore loser. jeanne moos introduces us to the world s angriest athlete, next. hey kevin.still eating chalk for heartburn? yeah. try new alka seltzer fruit chews. the ....