Child welfare system failed 5-year-old manslaughter victim, family says

Ada Guan — the mother of a five-year-old girl who died amid abuse and neglect — has a trial coming up in January after her ex-boyfriend was convicted of manslaughter and assault this spring. People in the girl’s extended family say Alberta's child welfare service failed Chloe Guan-Branch before her death, and should not have given Chloe back to her mother.

Child welfare system failed 5-year-old manslaughter victim, family says
A young girl with a sparkly purple Halloween headband.

Ada Guan — the mother of a five-year-old girl who died amid abuse and neglect — has a trial coming up in January after her ex-boyfriend was convicted of manslaughter and assault this spring. People in the girl’s extended family say Alberta's child welfare service failed Chloe Guan-Branch before her death, and should not have given Chloe back to her mother.