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Boy's Death Highlights Problems at Children and Family Services
An 11-year-old 5th grader in Montebello hanged himself last month, just hours after Los Angeles County social workers visited his home because a school counselor had been told that same day he had threatened suicide. We hear from Garrett Therolf, who reported the tragic story for the LA Times, and from Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readAn 11-year-old 5th grader in Montebello hanged himself last month, just hours after Los Angeles County social workers visited his home because a school counselor had been told that same day he had threatened suicide. We hear from Garrett Therolf, who reported the tragic story for the LA Times, and from Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas.
Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Darrell Satzman
Producer
Frances Anderton
architecture critic and author
Garrett Therolf
UC Berkeley and Common Sense News
Mark Ridley-Thomas
LA County Supervisor representing District 2, which includes parts of Downtown, Koreatown, Crenshaw, Baldwin Hills and Culver City