Three year old Amari Boone was placed in the care of two friends Deondrick Foley and Joseph Delancy through a Fictive Kin placement while their mother sought treatment for substance abuse. While in the placement signs were repeatedly ignored that Amari was being abused.   

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Amari Boone Should Still Be Alive Today. But He Died in Foster Care Last Year. | Dallas Observer

Suit filed by dead toddler’s parents says foster care agency ignored signs boy was being abused (dallasnews.com)

Mother of Boy Who Died in State Custody Says She Warned CPS He Was in Danger – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (nbcdfw.com)

Grand jury indicts 2 men in connection to 3-year-old boy's death | wfaa.com

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