Fictive Kin

On the evening of November 17th 2015, a woman called 911 and told the dispatcher that her foster daughter had choked on her food and wasn’t responding. Two-year-old Laila Daniel and her four-year-old sister had not had an easy start in life. They were taken into care while their mother struggled to overcome her addiction issues. The Department of Family and Child Services placed them in the care of the Rosenbaums, a couple who Child Services said were stable and reliable and appeared to greatly love children, but appearances can be deceiving.

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