SILVER CITY, N.M. (KRQE) – A grandmother is outraged Thursday that the New Mexico Children, Youth, and Families Department wants to return her seven-year-old grandson to his parents. Those parents are currently facing felony charges in the death of their five-year-old daughter . When the grandmother spoke up, the state took the child away from her.
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Deputies found the girl dead underneath her parents in March near Silver City. Two months after the girl’s death, a toxicology report showed a high percentage of carbon monoxide. The seven-year-old who survived also tested positive for meth. Both parents are now facing child abuse resulting in death charges.
The children’s grandma and a school employee reported the parents to CYFD over and over again before the girl’s death as reported in documents KRQE News 13 obtained. CYFD first placed the seven-year-old in his grandmother’s care in March. “In some ways, she felt like, okay, now the child is with me, he’s safe, he’s secure,” said Attorney Jonathan Deiner…