Foster parents call for change after death of 4-year-old

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — On Sunday, dozens gathered connected the steps of the Indiana State Capitol to request alteration aft the death of 4-year-old Judah Morgan. His assemblage was recovered Monday greeting wrong the location of his commencement parents successful La Porte County. 

Court documents accidental Judah’s assemblage was covered successful bruises. 

When officers interviewed Judah’s commencement mother, Mary Yoder, she admitted helium was often beaten. She besides told officers that Judah’s commencement father, Alan Morgan, would support him locked successful the basement for days astatine a time.  

“In this peculiar lawsuit (DCS) simply didn’t bash their job. They didn’t bash what they were expected to. They didn’t travel up. Had they followed up, they would person seen the reddish flags,” said Genna Hullett, Judah’s foster mother.  

Hullett was besides Judah’s second cousin. She said the biggest crushed she took custody of Judah was to support him retired of the foster care system and make definite helium was harmless astatine each times. Ultimately, she blames the Department of Child Services for the tragic outcome. 

According to Hullett, not lone did the department fail to travel up connected Judah, it also failed to record the close paperwork successful the 4 years she had custody of Judah.  

“Termination of parental rights connected 2 different occasions and for immoderate chartless crushed they failed to bash truthful — and each helium could bash is apologize and helium said they conscionable had to commencement the lawsuit over,” said Hullett.  

Yoder and Alan Morgan are both facing charges. His foster household accidental that’s not enough.  

“We privation to stock Judah with the satellite and marque definite determination is justness for him and marque definite that it doesn’t hap for anybody else,” said Hullett.