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Posted June 10th, 2008 by minortopics | Permalink

Georgetown parents charged in child’s death

Looks like someone at Family and Protective Services dropped the ball. A 21-month-old was found dead from a broken skull, and now his parents are being charged with his murder — the same parents whom had the boy removed from the home, and just had him recently returned by the child welfare agency.

A spokesman for the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services said the agency is examining the case to see “if there is something we could have done differently” in making the determination to return the boy to his parents’ custody.

Officers arrested Sergio Barcenas Jr., 22, and Elizabeth Arellano, 21, on Sunday night in Georgetown.

Christopher was taken to Georgetown Hospital on May 29 after his mother said she found him breathless and choking on a chicken nugget, according to a petition filed in Williamson County criminal court by Grant Holland, a state protective services investigator.

The boy was airlifted to Dell Children’s, where doctors discovered a large fracture on the back of his head, along with swelling and retinal bleeding


Information from: http://www.statesman.com/news/content/ne...



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