The family of 5-year-old Kinsleigh Welty has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit targeting DCS, 11 individual DCS employees, Kinsleigh’s mother, maternal grandmother, and mother’s boyfriend, claiming their failures led to the child’s death in April.
Brian Welty, Kinsleigh’s paternal grandfather, filed the complaint in Marion County Superior Court. The lawsuit targets DCS, 11 individual DCS employees, and three family members charged in Kinsleigh’s death.
WATCH | Attorneys representing the family of Kinsleigh hold a press conference on the lawsuit
The complaint alleges DCS workers repeatedly failed to investigate reports of abuse and neglect against Kinsleigh’s mother, Toni McClure, despite her prior felony conviction and multiple substantiated abuse cases…