Lisa Nixon

Chicago mom vows to solve cold case

Chicago mom and CPS reform advocate, Miranda Yonts has vowed to find and bring home the remains of Tyler Payne, so he, and his mom, Jamie Hallam, can finally be at peace.Yonts is the founder of The Miles...

Convicted child abuser, Dwight Justice dead of natural causes

Exactly one week before the anniversary of 2-year-old Jeremiah Swafford's death, Dwight Stacy Justice, 45, was found dead in his jail cell at the Cleveland County Detention Center in North Carolina.Justice, who passed away...

Breaking news: Jury finds Dwight Justice not guilty of first degree murder

A Cleveland County jury has found Dwight Stacy Justice not guilty of the first-degree murder of Jeremiah Swafford. The Jury did find Justice guilty of felony child abuse, inflicting serious bodily injury, a verdict that could carry a...

Will there be justice for Jeremiah Swafford?

The jury has yet to reach a verdict in the trial of Dwight Stacy Justice. On Thursday, the jury continually sought clarification of laws, interview transcripts, and further jury instructions, then after considering the evidence and testimony all day...

Child death disclosure hindered by Bureaucratic circumventing, ignorance? Part 4

Read Part 1, 2, and 3Part 4: Failure to meet disclosure criteria.Is mandatory disclosure, being thwarted by insufficient findings and information?Is the Department of Social Services hiding mistakes and systematic problems behind the curtain of confidentiality...

My apologies for the delay in Part 4 of my investigate report

Dear Readers:I apologize for the delay of part 4 in my investigative report on child fatality disclosure here in North Carolina.On Saturday my sister was in a horrific accident where she was ejected from the car. I...

Child death disclosure hindered by Bureaucratic circumventing, ignorance? Part 3

Part 3: Bureaucratic circumventing; avoiding disclosure by statutory maneuvering?Is mandatory disclosure, being avoided by Bureaucratic circumventing?Is Child fatality disclosure hindered by Bureaucratic circumventing and ignorance?Part 3 of a 4 part investigative reportRead Part 1, Read...

Child death disclosure hindered by Bureaucratic circumventing, ignorance? Part 2

Is Child fatality disclosure hindered by Bureaucratic circumventing and ignorance?Part 2 of a 4 part investigative reportRead Part 1Part 2: Is DSS failure to reply to disclosure requests, breaking the law?Twenty-six county DSS offices were...

Child death disclosure hindered by Bureaucratic circumventing, ignorance? Part 1

Is Child fatality disclosure hindered by Bureaucratic circumventing and ignorance? Part 1 of a 4 part investigative reportRecently, this reporter, sent out numerous, §7B-2902, child fatality disclosure requests to various county DSS agencies across the state...

N.C. Appeals Court Orders a stay in the release of DSS child fatality disclosure

On Friday, the North Carolina Court of Appeals granted a 10 day stay, that suspended the release of DSS disclosure records regarding their investigation of reported abuse on a child that later died.4-year-old Cedric Francois died, October...

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