Report: 23 Texas foster kids have died in state custody since July 2019
More kids in state custody from Bexar County than any other Texas county
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Editor’s note: Some of the details in the report may be disturbing or hard to read for some viewers.
Twenty-three foster care children in Texas have died the past 21 months while in state custody, according to a massive report filed Tuesday as part of a decade-old federal lawsuit.
While locations and identities were not provided for most of the deaths, the report does detail suicide attempts, sexual misconduct reports and other issues at Bexar County facilities.