Florida is the child abuse capital of America: Shocking map shows how 786 children have been killed while being monitored by welfare officers across the U.S. since 2008

• Investigation by Associated Press discovers huge number of kids failed by child welfare caseworkers across U.S.
• Many of them beaten, starved or left alone to drown while agencies had good reason to know they were in danger
• Majority of victims were under age of four, with deaths blamed on lack of welfare officers and overload of cases 
• Shocking new figures reveal Florida to be the child abuse capital of America - as 117 children were killed while being monitored by welfare officers in the state in just five years.
  And a sickening map of abuse shows how at least 786 children, most under the age of four, died from violence or neglect from 2008 to 2013 in plain view of child protection authorities. 
  Many of them were beaten, starved or left alone to drown while agencies had good reason to know they were in danger.
  
  

  
  

  Shocking: A map of the USA shows the number of children killed while being monitored by child welfare caseworkers since 2008. Asterisks indicate that the state is unable to determine between deaths that took place while children were being monitored and those that occurred where abuse had not yet come to the attention of authorities. Montana did not provide any data
  
  Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2878814/Florida-child-abuse-capital-America-Shocking-map-shows-786-children-killed-monitored-welfare-officers-U-S-2008.html#ixzz3MH1MxVwa