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The dead girl's daughter

posted 17 years ago by marshmela
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I'm a little confused about why the dead girl's daughter lived 2 hours away. And who was she living with? Did I miss where this was explained?

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[–] tricklebrook 15 years ago

No, you didn't miss it. I assumed that since she was a hooker and a drug addict, yet still wanted to do right by her child, she hired someone else to care for her.

[–] Synetech 15 years ago

That was a foster home. The girl was taken away from the mother because she was obviously unfit, and thus put in that foster home with the other kids. The foster mother gets some money for each kid, which is why she was hesitant to let her go without getting paid something (although she was happy since she was clearly overwhelmed). I’m just not sure how she will explain to Child Protective Services (or the local counterpart).

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[–] ucf1985 15 years ago

I assumed that the mother would contact Child Protective Services when she got home to explain the situation. I'm sure they would be more than glad to place the child with her grandmother than in a foster home. Legally, she is probably entitled to the girl anyway.

[–] ShyBrown 14 years ago

If only that were really how child protective services worked...

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[–] oldmotem 14 years ago

State of California Child Disservices. It's a big state.

[–] spotz3 8 years ago

This is very late in response, but I wondered the same thing. I re-watched that segment and Krista said that the whole visit would take two hours, not the drive there. LA, CA to Norwalk CA (thanks to google lol) is only about a 30 minute drive and not two hours.

As far as with whom Ashley was living, I do not agree with the other poster that she was in foster care. I think Krista had some arrangement with a woman and paid her when she could, to care for Ashley. Although not impossible, it is unlikely that the foster care system would place a child in a home where it is an apartment, overcrowded and the children are filthy.