Thursday, February 24, 2011

Barahona child abuse investigator mishandled previous cases

By Ana M. Valdes
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Updated: 7:04 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011
Posted: 5:08 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011

The state child abuse investigator currently under fire for not following up on an allegation that twins Victor and Nubia Barahona were being tied and confined to a bathroom by their adoptive parents was cited for a similar mishandling of a case last year, according to state Department of Children and Families documents released Thursday.

Andrea Fleary, who was placed under paid administrative leave Feb. 17, two days after the twins were found in West Palm Beach - Nubia's dead body in the back of a truck and Victor seizing and covered in toxic chemicals - was given a "final counseling notice" Feb. 15 of last year, for failing to find a home for a child removed from her biological family by the 24-hour deadline established by DCF. FULL STORY

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