A new lawsuit alleges the Arizona Department of Child Safety failed to intervene despite repeated warnings that two young brothers were suffering from abuse.
The case centers on what the lawsuit claims was the “prolonged torture” of 11-year-old Chaska Davis Smith and his 9-year-old brother. Police were called to a Scottsdale extended-stay hotel in January 2022, where they found Chaska unresponsive and bleeding from the head. He later died from his injuries.
The lawsuit alleges the boys were abused and neglected while in the care of their grandmother…