An Arizona senate leader is once again demanding accountability and answers following an ABC15 Investigation into the preventable death of a 15-year-old boy with diabetes in the state’s foster care system.
“ You’d be hard-pressed to find an agency that is in worse shape at this point in time than DCS,” Senator T.J. Shope, R-Casa Grande, said.
Christian Williams is now the second child with Type 1 diabetes to die in the Arizona Department of Child Safety’s care. The second child to be allowed to refuse his insulin, the lifesaving medication he needed to live, according to police reports and a state incident report.
“ It’s not getting any better, and we have to demand more,” Shope said.
Senator Shope chairs the Health and Human Services Committee, which has direct oversight over the Department of Child Safety.
“As far as I’m concerned, it’s unacceptable to me. We will bring people in, whoever we need to bring in,” Shope said.
Christian was found unconscious inside the Mesa group home where he was living, according to a July police report.