B.C. youth representative says official inaction led to boy’s torturous death in foster care – Daily Guardian
July 17, 2024
British Columbia’s representative for children and youth is calling for a complete overhaul of the province’s foster care model following the torture and death of an 11-year-old boy in 2021.
In a report published Tuesday, representative Jennifer Charlesworth called the Fraser Valley boy’s death at the hands of caregivers who were approved by the provincial government “completely preventable,” saying official missteps contributed to the child’s death.
Last year, a provincial court judge in Chilliwack, B.C., described the foster home where the boy and his sister were abused as a “house of horrors.”
