New review of Children Services sought

Three years after Los Angeles County eliminated an independent entity to investigate child deaths, Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas is expected today to call for an inquiry into the suspicious deaths of three youngsters. Troy Anderson in the Daily News.

The body of 2-year-old foster child Jasmine Granados was found early Saturday by firefighters who were summoned to a home in the Athens area. His death followed the slayings of Dae'von Bailey, 6, and Lars Sanchez, 4, whose alleged mistreatment had been reported to the Department of Children and Family Services.

Ridley-Thomas said there is a critical need for an independent investigation to scrutinize the factors that contributed to the youngsters' deaths, including how DCFS and other agencies processed their cases.