April 16, 2008 - Carolyn Futrell is found guilty of involuntary manslaughter, but walks out of instead of into jail. MORE
April 15, 2008 - Attorneys' losing statements. MORE
April 14, 2008 - Futrell defends herself on stand. MORE
April 11, 2008 - Defense claims that because Kayla had a cold and therefore she may not have been able to smell the pesticide that killered her. MORE
April 10, 2008 - Expert: 7-year-old would not have voluntarily swallowed poison. MORE
April 10, 2008 - Kayla's first grade teacher testifies to signs of abuse. MORE
April 10, 2008 - Witness says 7-year-old [Kayla Allen] wrote only positive things about woman charged in her death. MORE
April 9, 2008 - Day Two in Murder Trial Begins. MORE
April 8, 2008 - Capital murder trial of Carolyn Futrell (legal guardian of Kayla Allen at time of her death) begins. MORE
April 7, 2008 - Jury Selected in State vs. Carolyn Futrell Trial. MORE
March 3, 2008 - Another desperate plea by Amber James's mother to have her returned home is denied by judge. MORE
January 7, 2008 - Legal disputes linger over the death of Kayla Yvonne Allen more than four years after the 7-year-old Onslow County girl died of what investigators said was poisoning from insecticide. MORE
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November 28, 2007 - Judge refuses to return Amber James to her parents, Vanessa and Marvin James. MORE
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September 28, 2007 - Vanessa James was looking out for the best interest of her daughter, Amber, when taking her to the doctor. Now, Amber is taken away from her home and placed in foster care. MORE
August 28, 2007 - Kim Stevens, convicted murderer of Two Year-Old Jorden Grace Saager, Appeal Denied MORE
March 10, 2007 - If Carolyn Futrell, 36, is found guilty at trial of the first-degree murder of Kayla Allen, she will receive a mandatory life sentence. Futrell also is charged with felony child abuse inflicting serious bodily injury. MORE
February 5, 2006 - Lanier set Futrell's bond at $200,000.
Futrell made bond about a week later and was released from jail. The case is now set for trial in June.MORE
October 28, 2005 - NC DSS claims no culpability in Murder of Kayla Yvonne Allen because MORE
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August 22, 2005 - Lawsuit brought against NC DSS for failure to protect Kayla Yvonne Allen, leading to her death. Lawsuit (PDF)
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July 27, 2005 - Jacksonville Daily News - Poisoning Evidence Received, in the murder of Kayla Allen, age 7 - MORE
June 24, 2005 - Waymaker RTC Closed - KNOWN Convicted Felon employee threw child against the wall, breaking child's arm. MORE
June 24, 2005 - CADI License Revoked
June 24, 2005 - Ms. Beryl Shorter Grady, owner/manager, CADI, said the Comptroller's Forgotten Children's Report was not a fair report.
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September 28, 2004 - Jacksonville Daily News, NC - Rule 24 Hearing, Charging Carolyn Futrell with Capital Murder in the death of 7 year old Kayla Yvonne Allen - MORE
September 22, 2004 - Houston Chronicle - Girl says she was locked naked in an attic room [CADI] MORE
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August 18, 2004 - Houston Chronicle - Repeated Abuse of Children at CADI, Child & Adolescent Development Center, 2505 Southmore, Houston, Texas; rats, rape, "cooked-books", kids knocked into walls, kicked in the stomach, left without proper medical care, food poisoning, and MORE.
August 18, 2004 - Polly Ross Hughes - Houston Chronicle Rats and locked isolation, beatings....(CADI)MORE
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August 18, 2004 - Grand Jury indicted Carolyn Futrell for First Degree Murder and Felony Child Abuse in the death of 7 year-old Kayla Yvonne Allen. Due to the heinous acts involved, the DA asked for the death penalty - MORE
June 25, 2004 - There are troubling allegations that hundreds, perhaps thousands, of children
are being overmedicated to dangerous levels.MORE
June 22, 2004 Shelley Kofler, Reporter for WFAA TV in Dallas, investigated this case further than anyone has dared, including a discussion about the amount of medication Kristen has been on while in foster care. View interview with Kristen's Mother, Elain Philpott MORE
June 18, 2004 - News Observer, Ann Saker reporting - Kayla Yvonne Allen Death MORE
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June 13, 2004 - Unusual Death by Permethrin based Pesticide Poisoning - Jacksonville NC Daily News - MORE
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June 11, 2004 - Fundraiser Targets Child Abuse - Jacksonville NC Daily News - MORE
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May 26, 2004 - Myrtle Beach Sun News, SC - Mother of Poisoned Child lost custody three months before daughter was dead. MORE
May 24, 2004 - RALEIGH, N.C. - A woman whose daughter died of insecticide poisoning in the care of her legal guardian says judges refused four times in the past five years to return custody to her. MORE
May 21, 2004 - Eyewitness News 11 - ABC Local - AP Release - Mother Of Poisoned Girl Says She Tried To Regain Custody MORE
May 20, 2004 - Carolyn Futrell arrested in the murder of 7 year old Kayla Yvonne Allen - WWAY TV - MORE
April 6, 2004 Carol Strayhorne - Texas State Comptroller's Report The Forgotten Children
April 6, 2004 - State Comptroller's Report on the "care" of Kristen aka "Angela", during her six years of state foster care. UPDATE: After 8 years, she was finally allowed to go home!
April 4, 2004 - Abuse and Neglect in Foster Care
State Comptroller, Forgotten Children's Report
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October 16, 2003 - Margaret Downing- HoustonPress (PDF)
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