8:07 AM Jan 30, 2013
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State starts probe into Erie County's handling of starved child case

About three months after a toddler starved to death in a Vermilion Township home, the state has begun investigating Erie County Job and Family Services.
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5:02 AM Jan 24, 2013
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Register photo/LUKE WARK From left, Deborah Nelson, her son James Brothers and daughter in-law Ardienne Bartholomew are escorted into the courtroom of Judge Roger Binette at Erie County Common Pleas Court on Tuesday afternoon, January 10, 2013 for their arraignment hearings in the death of their 18-month-old son last November and the endangerment of their other four children.

Vermilion couple asks for reduced bond in child abuse case

A Vermilion couple charged in the starving death of their 18-month-old son are asking a judge to reduce their bond.
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1:54 PM Jan 10, 2013
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Vermilion parents will fight malnutrition death charges

The parents of an 18-month-old child who died of starvation have pleaded not guilty to charges in Erie County Common Pleas Court. (UPDATED WITH VIDEO 7:33 p.m.)
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5:27 PM Jan 7, 2013
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Provided photo/ERIE COUNTY JAIL Adrienne Bartholomew

Parents, grandma charged in Vermilion starved children case

Erie County deputies have arrested the parents and grandmother of an 18-month-old Vermilion boy who died from malnutrition in November.
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11:00 AM Dec 23, 2012
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Vermilion malnutrition case to go to grand jury

An Erie County grand jury could weigh in next month on the county's investigation into an 18-month-old child's death in Vermilion Township.
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5:00 AM Dec 9, 2012
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Tipsters urged investigation before Vermilion Township child died

Newly released information shows social workers and at least one neighbor voiced concerns about the welfare of children in a Vermilion Township home months, even years, before an 18-month-old child died of starvation.
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1:00 PM Nov 17, 2012
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Social agencies alerted JFS to warning signs

Local social agencies contacted Erie County social workers in case of malnourished children.
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4:48 PM Nov 16, 2012
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Erie County JFS got 3 calls on malnourishment family

Just days after a Vermilion Township toddler died of apparent malnourishment, Erie County Job and Family Services administrators said they never received a complaint about the boy's family.
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5:38 PM Nov 14, 2012
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State to review county's handling of Vermilion Twp. case

The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services said Wednesday it will be reviewing how Erie County handled a 2009 case involving a Vermilion Township family with malnourished children.
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6:10 PM Nov 13, 2012
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Vermilion Schools: 'Family had complex medical needs'

Vermilion schools officials say the parents of five children suffering from apparent malnutrition, one of which died Nov. 6, appeared to be loving caretakers.
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