System's failures leave a child dead
Thursday, June 30, 2005
Another Missouri case of child abuse that resulted in death has made the headlines. A Farmington woman was charged with the child's death this week after police said she kicked the 8-month-old girl in the head. But Rebecca Gail Siliven, who is charged with the murder, had a prior child abuse conviction that prohibited her from having contact with children. So how was it that she was babysitting the child?