How Could You? Hall of Shame- Kalisha Hill case-Child Death UPDATED

This will be an archive of heinous actions by those involved in child welfare, foster care and adoption. We forewarn you that these are deeply disturbing stories that may involve sex abuse, murder, kidnapping and other horrendous actions.

From Marion, Illinois, “Marion Police have launched an investigation into the death of a 10-month-old girl, who died Wednesday morning.

Foster parents had cared for the girl since birth, and the cause of her death remains undetermined. At the same time, her biological parents have begun speaking out about the tragedy.

“You (DCFS) took her from good parents and turned around and gave her to somebody,” said biological mother Katrina Hill. “Now she’s dead!”

Katrina Hill cries outside the Cairo DCFS office, just hours after she learned from case workers, her youngest child died in foster care.

“All they (DCFS) can tell me is that they found her unresponsive, that’s it,” asked Hill. ” I don’t get to see my daughter, I don’t get to hold my daughter!”

The girl’s father, Issac Hill says, since he lost custody DCFS has documented incidents of child abuse against his children at the hands of foster parents.

“This ain’t the first time,” said Issac Hill. “This resulted in the death of my daughter. And three times my kids have been abused. Three times!”

Marion Police and DCFS investigators have launched an investigation into how the child died. Marion Investigators call the cause of death “undetermined”, while DCFS says it has put a task force on the case

Issac Hill says he wants to see his daughter before doctors complete an autopsy.

“Everybody in this country has the right to identify their dead relative,” said Issac Hill. “These foster parents are put above the biological parents. They have more rights. Right now these people know more about what happened to our daughter than we do.”

Katrina and other family members say they want their children back. They don’t want harm to come to another child.

“Don’t tell me she (Katrina) ain’t a good mother,” said relative Annette Welch. “Her kids were alive when they were with her. I know that much!”

“I have nine other children besides my dead baby,” said Katrina. “I want my children home before they end up dead with these foster parents!”

The Williamson County coroner has scheduled an autopsy for tomorrow. ”

Marion Police Investigating Death of Foster Care Infant[WSIL TV 5/21/15 by Matthew Searcy and Jared Roberts]

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Update: “The birth family of 10-month-old Kalisha Hill laid her to rest Saturday.

It’s been a rough three years for this large family. In 2012, after the father, Isaac Hill, admitted abuse, he and Katrina Hill lost custody of each of their ten children.

“They took me to jail, I admitted my wrongs,” Isaac said.

Since losing their kids, DCFS has admitted to documented evidence of abuse to several of the Hills’ kids inside the foster care system.

“They kept my kids in danger,” Hill excalimed. “This is the fourth time. There’s three times our kids have been abused.”

Then, last week they learned their youngest child, 10-month-old Kalisha, died while in foster care. They say if it wasn’t for one person they still wouldn’t know the cause of death.

“Had it not been for the coroner, we wouldn’t have known anything,” Isaac added.

The news the coroner delivered was horrifying.

“It was rough hearing what he had to say,” Isaac continued. “He said that my daughter had blood stress behind her eyes and in her lungs and that she had struggled to fight to breathe and said that it was either from co-sleeping or layover.”

Isaac and Katrina Hill want their kids back and they want justice.

“This ain’t going unchecked. So they can try as they may to try to hide this one but it’s not that simple, it’s not gonna happen,” Isaac explained. “We want the rest of our kids back.”

Little Kalisha’s death is now under investigation by the Child Death Task Force and the Williamson County State’s Attorney’s Office.”

Child Dies While in Foster Care, Parents Want Justice[WSILTV 5/30/15 by Craig Choate]