Protests failed to prevent Elk City death

 
BY RANDY ELLIS | Modified: November 8, 2008 at 9:54 am | Published: November 8, 2008   

ELK CITY — A 3-year-old boy was beaten to death at his home here, even though his foster mother said she begged a judge and the state Department of Human Services three months ago not to return him to his mother.

photo - Ryan Weeks, 3, died Sunday.
Ryan Weeks, 3, died Sunday.

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"I begged and pleaded and boohooed,” said foster mother Danna Paulino.

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