"too much trouble"

Friday, August 1st, 2008

I spent some more time today reading through the grand jury report on Danieal Kelly's murder, alternating between sorrow for this doomed youngster and seething anger at those who failed her. It starts with her parents, of course.  Neither wanted her; Danieal's mother, Andrea Kelly, seemed embarrassed to even have her ...

the short, sad life of Danieal Kelly

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

The state, to serve and protect our children: Two Philadelphia social workers were among nine charged yesterday in the death of a Danieal Kelly, a 14-year-old girl who starved to death in 2006, her body eaten by bed sores to the bone. Unveiling a blistering grand jury report today [PDF], District Attorney ...