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08-22-2002, 09:59 AM
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Brandy
CPS Admits to Missing Red Flags
08/21/2002
By 3TV and azfamily.com staff
It's a heartbreaking story of a 10-day-old baby who is dead allegedly from exposure to crack cocaine smoke from her addicted mother and grandmother.
The two women are now in jail and an infant, Anndreah Robertson, is in a cemetery. Her mother, Demitres Robertson, could get the death penalty. Anndreah's grandmother, Lillian Butler, faces a lengthy prison term. Both will have public defenders represent them. The question remains now, who protected Andreeah for the 10 days that she lived?
The girl's mother was supposed to protect her, but police say she didn't. Nor, according to investigators, did her grandmother.
Solomon Butler, the baby's step-grandfather, reportedly told police that Lillian and Demitres were smoking large quantities of crack cocaine in front of the baby.
Because of her mother's drug use, Anndreah was born addicted to cocaine. Three days later, she was released to her gradmother's care. At the time of Anndreah's release from the hospital, a pediatrician resident and the director of REACH (Research and Education for Addicted Children's Health) reportedly warned Demitres about the dangers of cocaine. Both women also allegedly told Demitres that if Anndreah was exposed to cocaine again, she would die, according to court paperwork.
When the child was released to her mother, the Butler household was under investigation by Child Protective Services because of the potential harm to Anndreah's brothers, 2-year-old Antoine and 1-year-old Anthony.
The children were not removed because CPS was still in the midst of its investigation. In fact, a CPS social worker visited the Butlers' apartment just days before the baby died.
Three days after the visit, Anndreah was dead. CPS admits there were red flags that were missed. One of those flags was Butler's crack cocaine addiction.
CPS will have an external committee review the case. The panel will determine what was done correctly and what was not. It will also recommend policy changes, and if necessary, new legislation. Ironically, CPS said courts have determined that a woman using cocaine during pregnancy does not constitute child abuse.
Family members say Demitres is learning disabled and her surviving two children are now in the care of a family member.
Brandy
CPS Admits to Missing Red Flags
08/21/2002
By 3TV and azfamily.com staff
It's a heartbreaking story of a 10-day-old baby who is dead allegedly from exposure to crack cocaine smoke from her addicted mother and grandmother.
The two women are now in jail and an infant, Anndreah Robertson, is in a cemetery. Her mother, Demitres Robertson, could get the death penalty. Anndreah's grandmother, Lillian Butler, faces a lengthy prison term. Both will have public defenders represent them. The question remains now, who protected Andreeah for the 10 days that she lived?
The girl's mother was supposed to protect her, but police say she didn't. Nor, according to investigators, did her grandmother.
Solomon Butler, the baby's step-grandfather, reportedly told police that Lillian and Demitres were smoking large quantities of crack cocaine in front of the baby.
Because of her mother's drug use, Anndreah was born addicted to cocaine. Three days later, she was released to her gradmother's care. At the time of Anndreah's release from the hospital, a pediatrician resident and the director of REACH (Research and Education for Addicted Children's Health) reportedly warned Demitres about the dangers of cocaine. Both women also allegedly told Demitres that if Anndreah was exposed to cocaine again, she would die, according to court paperwork.
When the child was released to her mother, the Butler household was under investigation by Child Protective Services because of the potential harm to Anndreah's brothers, 2-year-old Antoine and 1-year-old Anthony.
The children were not removed because CPS was still in the midst of its investigation. In fact, a CPS social worker visited the Butlers' apartment just days before the baby died.
Three days after the visit, Anndreah was dead. CPS admits there were red flags that were missed. One of those flags was Butler's crack cocaine addiction.
CPS will have an external committee review the case. The panel will determine what was done correctly and what was not. It will also recommend policy changes, and if necessary, new legislation. Ironically, CPS said courts have determined that a woman using cocaine during pregnancy does not constitute child abuse.
Family members say Demitres is learning disabled and her surviving two children are now in the care of a family member.