marissa kennedy
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PublishedSeptember 5, 2021
State had prior involvement in most child homicide cases in Maine
A Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram analysis of newly released details going back 14 years shows DHHS had contact with most of those families before the children were killed.
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PublishedSeptember 3, 2021
Maine Voices: Maine’s child welfare problems can be solved
But it's important that policy-makers learn the right message from recent tragedies.
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PublishedNovember 12, 2020
Mother seeks new trial in murder of Marissa Kennedy, a case that led to reforms
Attorneys for Sharon Kennedy appeal to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, claiming that she was the victim of abuse by her former husband.
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PublishedFebruary 25, 2020
Two years after 10-year-old’s murder, Maine still short of caseworkers for children
The state is understaffed by 40 caseworkers, according to a 'workload analytic tool' that determines staffing needs.
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PublishedFebruary 25, 2020
Our View: Report on abuse of Marissa Kennedy leaves much still unknown
To prevent another death like hers, we need to know why so many people missed so many signs.
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PublishedFebruary 21, 2020
State was aware of concerns but failed to save the child, document reveals
Child welfare caseworkers, police, school officials and others had frequent contact with the family of Marissa Kennedy, 10, but the girl was never removed from the home.
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PublishedDecember 18, 2019
Jury finds Sharon Carrillo guilty of murder in death of 10-year-old daughter
Prosecutors say they will seek a life sentence for the 35-year-old mother in the February 2018 death of Marissa Kennedy, who had been abused for months.
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PublishedDecember 17, 2019
Fate of mother charged with murder rests with jury after attorneys make closing arguments
While Sharon Carrillo's attorneys contend she falsely confessed to beating her 10-year-old daughter, prosecutors say she's guilty of participating in or facilitating the abuse that eventually killed Marissa Kennedy.
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PublishedDecember 16, 2019
Defense in mother’s murder trial depicts her as victim of violent, controlling husband
Sharon Carrillo is charged with causing the death of her 10-year-old daughter by participating in months of beatings with her husband, Julio Carrillo, who pleaded guilty to murder.
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PublishedDecember 13, 2019
Mother describes woman charged with murder as a ‘child in a woman’s body’
Sharon Carrillo's parents testify that her husband coerced her into telling police that she participated in the beatings that led to the death of her daughter, 10-year-old Marissa Kennedy.
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