The child was found dead in Kah Tai Park in Port Townsend. His father said he fell asleep with the child, and when he woke up, the child wasn't breathing.
The law states poverty or substance abuse themselves do not constitute "imminent physical harm" to a child that would allow social services to take custody.
According to probable cause documents FOX 13 News obtained, police say Jordan Sorensen is a known drug addict and doesn’t have a stable home, but the Washington State Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) chose to leave the infant in Sorensen’s care.
The Kah Tai Lagoon Nature Park was treated to two weeks of environmentally-friendly care to kick off 2024, thanks to the city of Port Townsend, the Admiralty Audubon Society, …