Lawsuit claims DCYF failed to protect girl believed to have been killed by her father

The complaint alleges the state was negligent and failed to take meaningful action to protect 5-year-old Soo Jin despite years of documented concerns.

FEDERAL WAY, Wash. — A lawsuit filed this week alleges Washington state child welfare officials failed to protect a 5-year-old girl with special needs who is believed to have been killed by her father, despite years of abuse reports leading up to her death.

The complaint, filed Feb. 3 in King County Superior Court, alleges the state’s Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) received reports of abuse and neglect involving 5-year-old Soo Jin Hahn beginning shortly after her birth but failed to

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