Logan Marr Case Summary

The Child Welfare system was imperfect. That imperfection resulted in the loss of Logan Marr's life. Due to the lack of appropriate steps and procedures by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Logan’s life ended. The video indicated that there were other factors that took place, such as the lack of support from her biological mother and the actions of her foster mother, Sally, whom was directly responsible for Logan’s death.
The general knowledge was that any form of child abuse or neglect should be reported. The DHHS failed to report the abuse that Logan was received from Sally. The argument could have been made that Logan stated those abuse, because she wanted Sally seen as a bad foster parent. It was understandable that, when children acted out, they wanted to receive attention or to have things done their own. The case worker assigned to Logan and Bailey’s case should have been held responsible, because the child stated that she was abused and no action was taken. …show more content…
191). Logan illustrated change in behavior and she withdrew from her foster-mother. The argument could have been made that Logan suffered these abuse, because of the lack of support system she got from her biological mother. Needless to say, the case worker allowed her personal biases to affect her ethical judgment, which resulted in further abuse and the death of Logan.
Logan suffered from both physical and emotional abuse. She stated these abuses, when she illustrated in the video that Sally grabbed her cheeks and squeezed them. Another illustration of this, was the incidents that led to her death, when Sally taped her to a chair and taped her mouth closed. Logan’s emotional abuse was illustrated, when she spoke about Sally to her mother and the case worker, who supervised the