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Three charged in death of 3-year-old Montgomery boy
By TERRI LANGFORD Copyright 2009 Houston Chronicle
Sept. 1, 2009, 9:36PM
A 3-year-old Conroe boy was the victim of a fatal beating less than a week after a Texas Child Protective Services caseworker made a random visit and deemed him safe, as well as the cousins who lived with him.
Late Monday, paramedics were called to the home after the boy, whose name has not been officially released, was found bruised and not breathing. He was later pronounced dead, an hour after arriving at St. Luke's Hospital in The Woodlands.
On Tuesday, three people were arrested and charged with the injuries that led to the boy's death Monday night. Crystal Tijerina, the boy's aunt, 26; her 30-year-old boyfriend, Noah Herrera; and Steven Paul Chauvin, 47, remained in the Montgomery County Jail on Tuesday.
The caseworker is just devastated, CPS spokeswoman Gwen Carter said of the boy's death.
On Aug. 25, the worker made a random visit to the boy's home in east Montgomery County. All the children appear to be happy and healthy, the caseworker wrote.
The boy was part of a blended family that had been investigated four times by CPS.
His death is at least the third in the span of five months in which a child died despite CPS invention. On June 27, 4-year-old Emma Thompson of Spring died after a fatal beating, less than three weeks after investigators were notified that she had genital herpes. On April 9, 2-month-old Amber Maccurdy died of an untreated staph infection less than four weeks after a CPS visit.
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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6596497.html
By TERRI LANGFORD Copyright 2009 Houston Chronicle
Sept. 1, 2009, 9:36PM
A 3-year-old Conroe boy was the victim of a fatal beating less than a week after a Texas Child Protective Services caseworker made a random visit and deemed him safe, as well as the cousins who lived with him.
Late Monday, paramedics were called to the home after the boy, whose name has not been officially released, was found bruised and not breathing. He was later pronounced dead, an hour after arriving at St. Luke's Hospital in The Woodlands.
On Tuesday, three people were arrested and charged with the injuries that led to the boy's death Monday night. Crystal Tijerina, the boy's aunt, 26; her 30-year-old boyfriend, Noah Herrera; and Steven Paul Chauvin, 47, remained in the Montgomery County Jail on Tuesday.
The caseworker is just devastated, CPS spokeswoman Gwen Carter said of the boy's death.
On Aug. 25, the worker made a random visit to the boy's home in east Montgomery County. All the children appear to be happy and healthy, the caseworker wrote.
The boy was part of a blended family that had been investigated four times by CPS.
His death is at least the third in the span of five months in which a child died despite CPS invention. On June 27, 4-year-old Emma Thompson of Spring died after a fatal beating, less than three weeks after investigators were notified that she had genital herpes. On April 9, 2-month-old Amber Maccurdy died of an untreated staph infection less than four weeks after a CPS visit.
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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6596497.html