OREGON, Ill. (AP) — A published report says child welfare investigators made nearly a dozen visits over two years to the home of a mother who’s been charged with the death of her 7-year-old son.
Nathaniel Burton of Oregon was suffocated on Feb. 17.
An autopsy showed the child also suffered a ruptured liver.
His mother Sarah Safranek has been charged with five counts of first-degree murder and one count of aggravated battery to a child. The 34-year-old was in Ogle County Jail on a $2 million bond. She pleaded not guilty last month.
Sauk Valley Media reports the first home visit by investigators from the Department of Children and Family Services was in 2018.
