Collateral Damage: The DCF Chronicles
How Connecticut DCF, a custody court, and a school withdrawal let an 11-year-old vanish
Police found Jacqueline Torres-Garcia in a plastic tote behind an abandoned New Britain house in 2025. Records show DCF closed a case months earlier after a video check. The story tracks the school withdrawal, the missed in-person visit, and the custody decisions that left no neutral eyes on her.