Child welfare system often allows parents with drug problems to keep their kids. After AJ Freund, will that change?
by John Keilman, Chicago Tribune
Apr 26, 2019
3 minutes
Like hundreds of children in Illinois each year, Andrew "AJ" Freund was born with opioids in his system, a red flag that got him removed from his parents' custody. The removal, though, was only temporary: He was back with his family 19 months later.
That decision is being second-guessed in the wake of 5-year-old AJ's murder, a crime for which his parents stand accused. But child welfare officials say there is no simple
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