On July 17, 2022, a pair of staffers at Louisville’s Brooklawn foster care facility put a then 7-year-old boy named Ja’Ceon Terry in a physical restraint, with one holding his legs out straight and another pushing against his back until his nose almost touched the floor. They held Ja’Ceon until he vomited, lost consciousness and died.
The Jefferson County coroner ruled the death a homicide.
Three years later, the Jefferson Commonwealth’s Attorney is still reviewing the case, according to Erran Huber, a spokesperson for the prosecutor’s office. Huber did not respond to multiple requests for additional details about the scope of the review, the status of any ongoing investigation and the reasoning behind the three-year delay in deciding if criminal charges are warranted…