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More Details Of Slain Girl's Saga To Be Released
Court To Issue More Than 1,000 Pages Of Records
POSTED: 11:44 am EST December 6,
2007
UPDATED: 12:45 pm EST December 6,
2007
INDIANAPOLIS -- Voluminous court records are due to be released Thursday in the death of Tajanay Bailey, 3, one day after more than 400 people attended the girl's funeral.Juvenile judge Marilyn Moores authorized the release because of the extraordinary nature of the case, 6News' Derrik Thomas reported.The records are expected to be released at 2 p.m.
Services for Bailey were held Wednesday at Eastside Baptist Church. The Rev. Jimmie Lee Bailey called the house where TaJanay lived with her mother a house of horrors and pain.Charity Bailey, 20, and her boyfriend, Lawrence Green, 20, are held on murder and neglect charges.Prosecutor Carl Brizzi said he will see a sentence of life without the possibility of parole for the pair.6News was told that the case file for TaJanay spans about 1,500 pages, providing details of a sad saga.Juvenile court records revealed that the girl allegedly endured abuse at several points in her life, dating back to 2004.TaJanay died last week of blunt force trauma to her head, neck and abdomen. Authorities said she was repeatedly beaten for wetting her pants and soiling herself.TaJanay had been in foster care most of her life but was returned to the custody of her mother on Oct. 31, authorities said.As recently as May, the Department of Child Services recommended that TaJanay remain in foster care, but that the child should eventually be returned to her mother, the documents show.In the spring, the documents allege, Charity Bailey "spent an hour on the phone shouting at someone" and "seemed not to be paying attention to her daughter" during supervised visits with the child.Brizzi said Bailey is 12 weeks pregnant with a third child, and he said the state would seek custody of that child, too, when it is born.Brizzi said Friday that DCS failed TaJanay and that foster parents and state caseworkers would be interviewed to find out why. Brizzi stopped short of saying DCS staff acted criminally but said foster parents of other children have contacted his office to complain that the state agency, despite extensive reforms, places youngsters in danger.
Previous Stories:
- December 3, 2007: Documents Detail Abuse Allegations Before Girl's Death
- December 2, 2007: Girl's Slaying Magnifies Apartments' Problems
- November 30, 2007: Prosecutor: State Failed To Protect Fatally Beaten Girl
- November 30, 2007: Trial Set For Couple Accused Of Killing 3-Year-Old Girl
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