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Georgia child welfare in focus after two child deaths
Atlanta reports blame on the state DFCS as 3 year old Alexis Head Speth died in a tub while her 11 year old uncle bathed her and 13 year old Rhian Gilmore starved in a filthy room. Neighbors had flagged concerns for years. Gov. Barnes and Attorney General Baker ordered reforms years earlier, but critics say change is slow and children remain unprotected.
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Atlanta
Alexis Headspeth
Georgia Division of Family and Children Services
Rhiannon Gilmore
Rhiannon
Roy Barnes
Thurbert Baker
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