CPS left 3 kids with Arlington mother despite bleak review

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This is what Child Protective Services records said about Keashia Matthews before the agency decided, in May, that she had been leaving her three little children home alone but should keep custody of them:

The Arlington woman was a "pathological liar." She was suspected of having untreated mental illness. She had lost custody of her first baby when the girl was 16 months old and found "unsupervised, severely malnourished, unkempt, drugged by Ms. Matthews to make her sleep, and with severe physical and medical needs."

After her second child was born, she "stated that she hated the child and did not want to have anything to do with her. Ms. Matthews has on many occasions stated that she does not like children."

There's more, according to a CPS affidavit obtained Friday by The Dallas Morning News: "She has attempted to burn down home. She has attacked with a knife" and "attacked her stepmother with a rake."

The first two children, born in the 1990s, long ago went to live with their grandmother in Michigan. CPS didn't seize children No. 3 and 4 until last month, after No. 5 was dead. Matthews, 37, is free on bail, charged with contributing to the death of 17-month-old Darrell "Tre" Singleton III by knowingly leaving him in a hot truck all day while she worked....

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/100309dnmetbabydeath.41cfa7e.html


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[Kceres]

1. Just breaks my heart.

The ASPCA would have removed dogs had they been that neglected. What in the world was she doing with custody of children? What was CPS thinking? Hearing this kind of thing is what keeps me on my anti-depressants.

[TexasObserver]

2. CPS in Texas is simply horrible.

It's run terribly. They specialize in making a big scene and getting publicity over a few cases, but for most cases, they wait far, far too long before taking any action.

The sad truth is they'll leave black kids in worse homes than they'll leave white or Hispanic kids. They seem to be more willing to accept abuse from black parents against black kids than they do abuses from others.

[WriteDown]

5. CPS became a shadow of itselt AFTER the cult case where they

removed those girls and they all had to be returned. After that, a lot of their power was stripped away.

[TexasObserver]

8. They love to take cases that give them publicity.

[Jazzgirl]

3. Why did I know instantly the Arlington they were talking about

was my town. :eyes: :eyes:

On edit: TexasObserver you are right about CPS in Texas being slow to react. I have heard of way too many kids dying because of their slow or non reaction. It is sad.

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6. See post #5. nt

[Barack_America]

4. I don't believe in forcing sterilization on anyone.

But I do believe in offering it.

CPS's decisions in this case are equally appalling, to say the least.

[WriteDown]

7. We need the opposite....

Perhaps require licenses and evaluations to have children in the first place.