CPS Worker Fired in Beating Death 5YO Serenity Deal - Oklahoma DHS/CPS + ME Final Reports

OK DHS Worker Fired After 5YO Serenity Deal's Death. Sept 15, 2011. There is more fallout. As the criminal prosecution continues, Dep't of Human Services has now fired one of its case workers.
The medical examiner officially revealed Wednesday that the young victim in this case, Serenity Deal, died of an acute closed head injury.
Her father, 31 YO Sean Brooks, faces a charge of first-degree murder.
The little girl was in his care at the time but also in the custody of DHS.
A lengthy report released Thurs by DHS reveals why the agency is placing at least some of the blame on their own employee, a supervisor named Jennifer Shawn.
Page after page details what DHS says went wrong before Deal's death. The report outlines allegations against Shawn. DHS says Shawn was fired for multiple reasons, including dismissing warnings from other DHS employees about Brooks.
Shawn's attorney, Pete Serrata, says an excessive caseload for case workers is partly to blame for the decisions made for Deal. He says Shawn is taking the blame for a problem that is much bigger than DHS is willing to admit. He says Shawn was too vocal about problems at DHS and this is DHS' way to take care of that.
Serrata says, "She is a scapegoat. It is systematic. The problem is that people are too afraid to speak out about policy violations and policies that don't work."
But DHS spokesperson Sheree Powell says this case is not an example of a bigger systematic problem. She says the department was overhauled in 2008 + what this case proves to DHS is only that the rules + regulations put in place then were ignored by Deal's case workers + managers. http://oklahomacounty.kfor.com/news/news/83775-dhs-worker-fired-after-child-a...

Serenity Deal: A Child's Death by Bureacratic Neglect. http://www.thehinkymeter.com/2011/08/18/serenity-deal-a-childs-death-by-burea...

AUTOPSY OK MEDICAL EXAMINER'S REPORT http://media.trb.com/media/acrobat/2011-09/246610220-14145950.pdf

OKDHS FINAL REPORT ON FIRING CPS SUPERVISOR
http://media.trb.com/media/acrobat/2011-09/246031140-15135143.pdf

July 14, 2011. Serenity Deal - OKDHS Caseworker Wheeler Death Follow Up, Wheeler Harrassed, Files Destroyed. Sources say a DHS caseworker, who police believe committed suicide, was being harassed by the agency. A former DHS supervisor says she believes Donald Wheeler's records may have been destroyed to make him appear responsible for the death of a child. DHS denies that allegation and says it's impossible to delete files. http://www.okcfox.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/kokh_vid_3668.shtml

Pottawatomie County DA Blasts DHS In Child Abuse Death Case; Critical Information Uncovered by DA Withheld by DHS From DA and Courts. Aug 15, 2011. Shawnee, OK. The case of a child's death in Oklahoma City, with ties to both Pottawatomie + Lincoln counties through DHS and court proceedings, has prompted further investigation by District Attorney Richard Smothermon's office, w findings showing critical information was withheld that could have changed the outcome of the case. http://www.news-star.com/news/police_and_fire/x1837741480/Smothermon-responds...

Serenity Deal story gets more maddening at every turn. Aug 16, 2011. In Sunday's Oklahoman, Ann Kelley reported on details in Serenity's case that provide new insight into the internal wrangling within the Dep't of Human Services over where Serenity should be placed and the toll this ultimately took on one of the case workers. Tragic doesn't begin to describe it.
In a log she shared with case worker Donald Wheeler, the foster mother explained how Serenity cried and "said she never wanted to go with him" when she was told DHS was lining up more visits with Brooks. The mention of his name "makes her nervous and the mention of visits brings tears."
Wheeler was a 30-year DHS veteran who worked in Lincoln County. After the girl returned from a visit with her father with bruises and black eyes, Wheeler tried to keep Serenity from being placed with Brooks. "Wisdom would dictate that we as an agency be cautious," he wrote in an email to a supervisor in Pottawatomie County. Both counties were involved with the case.
Wheeler's concerns, and those of foster mother Donna Linn, weren't heeded. An email from Linn to a Pottawatomie County case worker was met with a response saying there was a bias against the father and that officials intended to place Serenity with him soon.
Within a month of the time Serenity moved in full time with Brooks, she was beaten to death. http://newsok.com/serenity-deal-story-gets-more-maddening-at-every-turn/artic...

Sept 8, 2011. Two New Appointed to Oversee DHS http://northoklahomacity.kfor.com/news/news/83467-2-appointed-oversee-dhs

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[mamasuntwinkle]

KOCO news and others continue to dig into case files.

DHS Emails Show Workers Concerned About Blame

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[CampNeedsToFixThis]

Did anybody see the body LOL if he did comit suicide then may the basterd ROT IN HELL!!! If he is in Interpol or Federal protected custody because he is snitching everybody in the this largest international investigation of child traffickers I recommend more DO because they may not beable to put everysigle SW Judge GAL and etc.. in jail but a few cases are sooo bad they will be the ones made an example out of I guarantee NICE BROWN is one or I didn;t see shit DOD!!!

[EPSWhiz]

You don't have to know much about genetics to know a negro didn't sire Serenity Deal - a completely White child.