The real mom of an abused and starved California girl files a case for child welfare negligence for failure to choose the wrong foster home. Torriana Florey, the birth mother of Aarabella, stated that Child Welfare Services allowed the foster parents to harm the victim for a long time.
Child Welfare Services Fails To Monitor Aarabella in Foster Care
Florey, the birth mother of the California girl, pursued a suit of $10 million wrongful death claim versus San Diego county, reported Crime Online.
Details revealed that Deputy District Attorney Meredith Pro stated in December 2022 that Leticia McCormack, 49, is the prime suspect. She allowed the horrific torture, leading to 11-year-old Aarabella McCormack's death.
Letecia claimed that she was not alone in the abuse of Aarabella. Her husband, Brian McCormack, and her parents, Stanley Tom, 75, and Adella Tom, 70, had also treated the girl so monstrously until she died, noted CBS8.
Brian McCormack, who worked in the Border patrol, had just gotten home when the cops were at the house when the girl died. Deputies saw him shoot himself dead before getting arrested.
Florey alleged that the Child Welfare Services should have done something that could have saved Aarabella. She said her daughter is a good-natured girl who would not be so after the McCormacks took her in, and they hurt and abused the child, states NBC7.
A call on August 30, 2022, summoned the San Diego police to respond to deal with a suffering child. They took her to the hospital, but she expired there.
More information reveals that McCormacks did not limit the abuse done to Aarabella only. In addition, her two sisters, ages 6 and 7, were also tortured and abused.
Prosecutors said the couple and grandparents were not only starving girls but did worse things. The girls were not allowed to use the bathroom at their will, and they struck them with paddles and sticks horribly.
California Girl Tortured Over Four Years
Investigation reveals the girl had about 15 bone fractures that were healing at different rates at the time of her death. They also found lacerations on her body with her bones sticking out from her skin, cited San Diego Union-Tribune.
Florey remarked that social services did not check the family adopting her daughter, and the abuse claims were not pursued. These adoptive parents did not bother to give the care which the victim needed.
She added it was the county's fault for not ensuring her daughter would be safe and well. She insisted that her girl's death would not go silent by filing a suit.
Aarabella, with her two sisters, was taken into the family in 2017 and adopted officially two years later. The prosecutors insisted that the deal girl suffered badly in four years without medical help.
Leticia McCormack and Stanley Tom were charged with murder, child abuse, and torture, while Adella Tom was charged with abuse and torture. All three say they are not guilty of the charges. Leticia is connected to the Rock Church but is now suspended.
Florey claimed that Child Welfare Services had failed in the process and would pursue the lawsuit saying, "I'm not going to stand down for my daughter. My daughter is going to have a voice."
