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Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'fostercare'

May 19, 2008

A 54-year-old foster mother has been arrested and charged with criminally negligent homicide after she gave her six-year-old charge a prescription pain killer that killed her. Taylor Webster complained that her neck hurt, so foster mother Joanne Alvarez gave the girl a baby Motrin. When the pain didn't abate, Alvarez applied a topical pain-killing patch containing fentanyl, a drug not approved for use on people under 16 years old. Alvarez found her foster daughter unconscious......

Continue Reading "Given Adult Dose of Pain Killer, Young Girl Dies"

November 10, 2007

The daughter of Daniel Malakov, the orthodontist who was killed on a playground by a gunman wielding a pistol with a homemade silencer, has been placed in foster care. The girl's physician mother and her family are suspects in the Queens-man's murder. Malakov was shot in front of his daughter in a Queens playground just six days after he'd gained legal custody of his daughter following a bitter custody dispute. A judge at the Queens......

Continue Reading "Foster Care for Daughter of Slain Dentist"

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