A 9-month-old boy badly burned in a dilapidated shed was let down by the Washington state agency tasked with safeguarding children after it repeatedly ignored warnings that he was being endangered by his biological parents, according to a lawsuit.
The suit, filed Wednesday in Pierce County Superior Court, alleges that the state Department of Children, Youth and Families was negligent in providing oversight of Leo Strode despite a constellation of red flags leading up to a fire in 2020 that burned 75% of his body and left him disfigured.
“Again and again, in every possible way, DCYF failed to protect Bubby,” the suit said, using a nickname for the boy…