5-YO’s Death Changed Protective Care
A young girl in need of a stable home. A forceful foster parent. A lack of oversight. It was a recipe for disaster… Bound in duct tape in a tipped-over high chair, 5-year-old Logan Marr died 10 years ago Monday in an unfinished Chelsea basement. The girl was in the state’s protective care system at the time, and her death sent shock waves — and spurred reform — throughout the state Department of Health and Human Services.
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