‘No one’s told us’: Parents of B.C. baby who died in care seek answers in agonizing case
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"This child, as far as I understand, did not have medical concerns that would have been the product of drug use during pregnancy," lawyer Roslyn Chambers said.
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It has been almost a week since Valentino Baker died at just five weeks old.
His parents still don’t know how or why.
“They’re like ‘I’m sorry, he’s passed,'” Andrew Chapman, Valentino’s father, said. “And he’s just dead. No one’s told us what happened.”
The baby’s death is raising questions about how B.C.’s Ministry of Children and Family Development handled the case.
Chyanna Baker, Valentino’s mother, said a social worker came into her hospital room and told her she had to call the ministry based on a suspicion of drug use.
A lawyer working with the family said the claim was never substantiated.
“This child, as far as I understand, did not have medical concerns that would have been the product of drug use during pregnancy,” lawyer Roslyn Chambers said. “So it’s unusual that there would have been any type of notification.”
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