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 | | From: | pb... | | Subject: | Two Florida Child Welfare Workers Fired | | Date: | Thu, 20 Jan 2005 07:35:23 -0800 |
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 | Two Florida Child Welfare Workers Fired
By Associated Press
January 20, 2005, 1:48 AM EST
TAMPA, Fla. -- Two child welfare workers were fired and a third was demoted
after a 4-month-old child under their supervision was beaten to death,
authorities said.
Phoenix Jordan Parrish died last month in Dothan, Ala., after his mother banged
his head against a bed to stop him from crying, authorities said. Tierra Capri
Gobble, 21, had been ordered by a court to stay away from the child.
Hillsborough Kids Inc., a private agency that handles foster care and adoption
for the state, said the three employees failed to monitor the child after he was
taken out of state by his great-uncle, Edgar Parrish. The workers were not
identified.
Parrish, 41, had been trying to adopt Phoenix and his older sister, but he
violated agreements with the agency when he moved out of state without
permission, officials said.
Gobble is charged with capital murder and domestic violence, while Parrish faces
charges of aggravated child abuse and being an accomplice to capital murder.
The sanctions were reported by The Tampa Tribune in its Wednesday editions.
Copyright © 2005, The Associated Press
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