Court Refused to Take Disabled Girl From Mom a Year Before She’s Found Dead in Trash Outside Home

A juvenile court confirmed on Wednesday that it declined the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services’ request to remove a 4-year-old girl from her mother’s custody almost a year before her death. Shelby County Juvenile Court told WATN that the agency filed a neglect petition regarding Sequoia Samuels in February 2022, but it dismissed it in …