AUBURN, Mass. — Officials say state child welfare workers visited the Massachusetts foster home of a 2-year-old girl three days before her death, but did not disclose the reason for the visit or what was found.
Worcester District Attorney Joseph Early Jr. said the 2-year-old girl and a 22-month-old girl were discovered unresponsive at an apartment in Auburn, 45 miles west of Boston, after their foster mother called 911 Saturday afternoon.
The older girl died at the hospital while the younger girl remains critical. A district attorney spokesman said Monday the cause of death remains under investigation.
The state Department of Children and Families said six children lived in the apartment, which has been licensed as a foster home by the state since 2014. A third foster child was hospitalized as a precaution.
