‘Cops were essentially begging DCFS to take the child’: State to respond as outrage intensifies over death of 5-year-old A.J. Freund
He was born with opioids in his system and police officers were called to his home numerous times. Yet for years, the Illinois Department of Family and Children’s Services allowed 5-year-old A.J. Freund to live in a reported filthy, decrepit unsafe home, until his death earlier this month. “This agency, there is no direction, no …