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. farmer: hello, i m an idaho potato farmer.
know that this child went 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
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. marki margaret conley is youfrt with more. the 4-year-old was found starved beaten and burned on the bathroom floor 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 know that this child went 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, aoki 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? yes, we should have.
they know the body s there. even if she was dead, would they still run over her body? like i said to you before, i m not trying to dodge the issue of did they do the right thing by not assessing the body and making sure it s marked, move it, get it out of the way or have people surround it, that waerchlt done. let s not belabor this. i want to ask you this. the fire department isn t commenting. the three commanders who conducted the asiana airlines problem, that s a problem. i can only speak for the new york city fire department. i don t know what they do in san francisco, don. i can t comment. thank you, sir. mr. churchill, i appreciate you joining us on youth front on cnn. new developments in the case of miles dobson. he was tortured to death by his