Boy dies, father sentenced after foster family says warning was ignored

Father Kills Son, 4, with Same Abuse That Got Him Removed from Home as Infant: Police

A father in Missouri has been sentenced after the death of his four-year-old son by the same exact physical abuse that saw the boy put into foster care at just five weeks old -- with the foster parents saying the system failed the boy by returning him to his father's care.

Dad sentenced in kidnapped son's death, Missouri cops say

Boy dies, father sentenced after foster family says warning was ignored ...

Boy dies, father sentenced after foster family says warning was ignored

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. (KTVI) – A Missouri foster family warned the courts not to send their 4-year-old foster child, Zaydian Dopirak, back to his biological father. After their warning was ignored, Zaydian died in his father’s custody in January 2022. Nexstar's KTVI has covered this case from the onset and was in court Thursday for the emotional conclusion. A prosecutor’s office therapy dog sat near foster parents Dawn and Jeff James in court, w…

Cranking up the foster care to prison pipeline in Missouri

In an interview, the new head of Missouri’s Children’s Division spewed out a gish-gallop of misinformation to try to justify her take-the-child-and-run approach.  We set the record straight. In an interview with the Missouri Independent, the new head of the Missouri Children’s Division, one of the two agencies (notwithstanding its denials – see below) that take away children and hold them in foster care, said “she wants to bring the Children’s D…

Missouri Dad Sentenced For Killing His 4-year-old Son He Once Abused

A Missouri man has been sentenced to 24 years in prison after pleading guilty to the horrific killing of his 4-year-old son, a child he had previously injured as a newborn. The tragic case has sparked outrage and raised serious concerns about the state’s child welfare system. Blake Dopirak, 27, admitted guilt to one count […]