Sen. Diamond: Maine needs a new state department to protect children
L.D. 1263 would transition the Office of Child and Family Services into a stand-alone agency, allowing for proper funding and more transparency.
By Bill DiamondSpecial to the Press Herald
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Logan Marr was born Oct. 14, 1995, and died Jan. 31, 2001, of asphyxiation as a result of more than 40 feet of duct tape being wrapped around her body, face and mouth, binding her in a high chair that was placed in the basement by her foster mother, Sally Schofield, reportedly to let Logan scream. According to the police, when the high chair tipped over, Logan died a slow and agonizing death. Schofield, a former caseworker for the agency then known as the Department of Human Services, was found guilty of manslaughter and served 17 years in prison.