Kennedy Natalie Jean Schroer vanished from every system that should have kept her safe. Her remains were later found in the backyard while benefits kept flowing and a warning to DCF was screened out. This story documents how a child slipped past caseworkers, contractors, and secrecy until it was too late.

A shocking case out of Sebring, Florida has exposed the horrific abuse and death of 13-year-old Selena at the hands of her adoptive mother, Diane Mack. Once a Florida DCF worker and Guardian Ad Litem, Mack now faces capital murder charges for keeping her autistic daughter chained, starved, and surveilled in her own garage. This case raises damning questions about oversight failures in Florida’s child welfare system.

Harmony Montgomery’s story exposes the devastating failures of child protective services. Years of warnings were ignored, oversight collapsed, and a child disappeared under the care of those sworn to protect her.