Therolf v. Superior Court CA5
Four-month-old D.S. died on August 16, 2015, in Madera while in her parents’ custody, which led the department to file juvenile dependency petitions with respect to her siblings. Nearly five years later, on July 15, 2020, her two-year-old brother, T.S. was reported missing; his burned corpse was found eight days later in a field outside Madera. Thereafter, the department filed a mandatory report with the California Health and Human Services Agency regarding T.S.’s death, which stated law enforcement and the department investigated the death and the department determined the boy died of abuse and neglect while in his parents’ care. T.S.’s surviving siblings later became dependents of the juvenile court.
On January 13, 2021, journalist Garrett Therolf filed two separate requests for disclosure of each child’s juvenile case file using mandatory Judicial Council form JV 570.
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