First Assistant District Attorney Cooke County District Attorney's Office
This presentation will discuss what happened to a five-year-old child, with an open CPS case, who went missing from her bedroom overnight. Law enforcement responded and searched for the child and left the scene without locating the child. Texas DFPS Special Investigators remained at the scene with the family of the missing child and continued their investigation. These investigators eventually located the child under a trailer in below freezing temperatures wrapped in a trash bag nearly two hours after law enforcement left. It turns out that the child had been kidnapped, sexually assaulted, and injured so severely she went into a coma for over a week after being recovered. This presentation will detail the family dynamics and the actions of both law enforcement and the CPS Special Investigators. The presenters will discuss what was done right and wrong in the investigation, along with prosecution of the offender that resulted in a guilty verdict and a sentence of forty-five years for Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child. See this link for more information.
Learning Objectives:
Be mentally prepared every day for the job as you never know when you will make a difference to someone or even yourself..
Understanding the importance of communication, understand your geographical / social economic area, Special Investigators are non-law enforcement, investigation, follow ups, and trial readiness.
Showing how working between, Law Enforcement, CPS and District Attorney Office can successfully locate a missing child and prosecute the case.
