This week, Drewby and Yergy focus on the state of Rhode Island - a state we very much love to visit. But behind the quaint façade lurks something more sinister than anyone could even imagine. Why are Rhode Island parents killing their kids? And why isn't child protective services doing more to prevent this?

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Source Material:

https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/courts/2021/08/25/michele-rothgeb-admits-manslaughter-death-daughter/5584212001/

https://www.tauntongazette.com/story/news/2020/09/03/rhode-island-man-allowed-grieving-mother-to-stay-on-his-property-months-later-he-learned-she-was-cha/114536442/

https://warwickpost.com/rothgeb-sentenced-to-18-years-for-9-year-olds-death/

https://turnto10.com/news/local/warwick-woman-to-be-sentenced-in-daughters-death

https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/west-bay/woman-gets-18-years-in-prison-for-death-of-adopted-daughter/

https://turnto10.com/news/local/9-year-old-ri-childs-death-due-to-inaction-by-dcyf-report-notes

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rhode-island/articles/2021-12-22/rhode-island-woman-gets-18-years-in-daughters-death

https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/west-bay/woman-gets-18-years-in-prison-for-death-of-adopted-daughter/

https://www.wpri.com/news/politics/house-panel-to-review-bombshell-dcyf-report-thursday-night/

https://www.wpri.com/news/child-advocate-dcyf-mistakes-contributed-to-babys-death/

https://turnto10.com/news/local/baby-with-broken-bones-has-died

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rhode-island/articles/2021-05-05/authorities-mother-in-child-abuse-case-has-left-the-country

https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2021/05/04/both-parents-tobi-olawusi-now-run-charges-abuse/4937848001/

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/06/29/metro/2-month-old-baby-rhode-island-state-custody-dies/

https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/providence/dcyf-neglect-contributed-to-deaths-of-2-young-sisters-in-providence-fire/