SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) An Illinois child welfare worker was stabbed to death during a home visit in a town south of Springfield, authorities said. Diedre Silas, 36, an investigator for the state Department of Children and Family Services, was conducting a welfare check Tuesday on children living in the home in Thayer when she was stabbed, according to Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell.
Illinois officials are seeking answers after the killing last week of a state child welfare worker during a home visit the second such tragedy to occur in less than five years.
By JOHN O'CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) A man is facing charges after an Illinois child welfare worker was stabbed to death during a home