Children's Protective Services
Coverage of Children's Protective Services in the Nexus archive.
- Senate bill would prioritize CPS complaints coming from Michigan schools
A Michigan Senate bill proposes prioritizing Child Protective Services (CPS) complaints from school officials after eight reports from a Pontiac school failed to protect two boys allegedly starved and beaten. The legislation, introduced by Sen. Jeremy Moss, aims to escalate complaints from educators, who are mandatory reporters, following CPS closures of all eight complaints over three years.
- Parents of 7-year-old who died weighing 255 pounds charged with murder in suspected neglect case
The parents of a 7-year-old boy who died weighing 255 pounds were charged with second-degree murder, torture, and child abuse after he was found bedridden, unable to speak, and living in filth. The boy, Casper, had a heart muscle disease exacerbated by morbid obesity, and his 5-year-old sister was described as 'feral' and removed from the home.
- After 2 child deaths, prosecutor faults ‘mind-blowing’ CPS failures, lapses by Flint Police
A prosecutor criticizes failures by Children's Protective Services (CPS) and Flint Police for not acting on abuse reports before a 6-year-old boy, Kyron Kelemen, was murdered by his stepmother. The same stepmother, Elysa Kelemen, was previously linked to the 2020 death of her biological son, Carter, which investigators now say was inadequately examined.