Pueblo DHS director resigns early after 13 Investigates looks into systemic issues inside agency
PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) The leader of the Pueblo Department of Human Services (DHS), Tim Hart, has submitted his resignation 10 weeks before he planned to retire.
Hart s resignation comes after
13 Investigates began asking questions about systemic issues inside the Pueblo DHS following the alleged murder of foster toddler Aiden Seeley in September 2020. Ramondo Jones, 36, and foster mother Dacey Spinuzzi, 31, are in jail charged in connection with the 15-month-old s killing and alleged abuse.
“It was my full intention to provide ample opportunity for the Pueblo County to plan for my succession and for me to end my 23-year career in a positive manner. However, the circumstances have changed, and I now have decided that it is in my best interest, and I believe that of the County’s, that I modify my retirement date to May 19, 2021, Hart wrote in a resignation letter on Monday.
Pueblo family wants transparency after murder of foster care toddler
UPDATE:
For the very first time, the attorneys representing the family of Aiden Seeley are speaking out. According to the family s attorney Richard Orona, the 15-month old toddler was placed into foster care in June of 2020. A few months later, Seeley was dead.
Orona says the family was hoping to regain custody of Aiden, and were making strides in order to do so right before his September 2020 death.
The attorney declined an on camera interview at this time, however, he tells KRDO the family is in communication with Pueblo County and the Pueblo Department of Human Services. Seeley s family is calling for a complete investigation into the Aiden s death, and for DHS to review their own procedures to make sure nothing like this happens again.