When emergency responders arrived at a home in Toronto on a cold November morning in 2002, they found a little boy lying lifeless on the floor. At first glance, it seemed like he had simply stopped breathing. But as investigators took a closer look, a horrifying truth emerged—one that would expose shocking failures in the child welfare system and leave the city reeling.
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Sources:
The Fifth Estate
The Toronto Star, 23 February, 2003 – “Boy Died Horrific Death”
The Toronto Sun, 20 March, 2003 – “Tot Death Charges”
The Toronto Sun, 25 March, 2003 – “Society Probed”
The Edmonton Sun, 9 September, 2005 – “Boy, 5, Was Kept as Dog”
The Toronto Star, 9 September, 2005 – “Boy Left to Starve”
The Toronto Sun, 9 September, 2005 – “Almost Like a Death March”
The Brockville Recorder and Times, 10 September, 2005 – “Graphic Photos”
The Toronto Star, 10 September, 2005 – “Expert Rejects Idea”
The North Bay Nugget, 13 September, 2005 – “Child Care Worker Testifies”
The Toronto Star, 13 September, 2005 – “Aid Worker Weeps”
The Toronto Sun, 13 September, 2005 –“911 Call Heard”
The North Bay Nugget, 14 September, 2005 – “Boy Covered in Bacteria”
The Toronto Sar, 14 September, 2005 – “Boy Was Starved for Years”
The Toronto Sun, 14 September, 2005 – “The Sad, Filthy Death”
The North Bay Nugget, 15 September, 2005 – “Mother of Starved Boy”
The Toronto Star, 15 September, 2005 – “Dying Boy’s Family”
The Toronto Star, 1 September, 2005 – “Accused Saw Doctor About Boy”
The Toronto Sun, 16 September, 2005 – “He Always Eats Well”
The Edmonton Sun, 28 September, 2005 – “No One Cried for Tiny Jeffrey”
The Toronto Star, 28 September, 2005 – “Boy Died in Homey Home”
The Peterborough Examiner, 1 October, 2005 – “Boy Treated Like a Dog”
The Toronto Sun, 1 October, 2005 – “Witness Watched Boy Die”
The Toronto Star, 6 October, 2005 – “Who Am I to Judge?”
The Toronto Star, 13 October, 2005 – “Court Hears About Abuse”
The Calgary Sun, 19 October, 2005 – “Trial Told Dead Boy Groaned for Help”
The North Bay Nugget, 1 November, 2005 – “Five Year old Boy Beaten”
The Daily Graphic, 2 November, 2005 – “Grim Testimony”
The Toronto Star, 2 November, 2005 – “Jeffrey Labelled Bad”
The Toronto Sun, 2 November, 2005 – “Jeffrey’s Final Days”
The Chronicle Herald, 3 November, 2005 – “Court Hears of Horrible Abuse”
The North Bay Nugget, 6 December, 2005 – “Woman Accused of Starving Boy”
The North Bay Nugget, 15 December, 2005 – “Woman Didn’t Realise”
The Toronto Star, 17 December, 2005 – “Abused as a Child”
The Toronto Star, 17 January, 2005 – “Couple Didn’t Mean to Kill”
The Toronto Star, 8 April, 2006 – “A Miserable Existence”
The Toronto Sun, 3 March, 2011 – “Monsters Want Out”
The Toronto Star, 9 September, 2013 – “Memory of Child’s Death March”
The Chronicle Herald, 10 September, 2013 – “No Checks Done”
Cambridge Times, 11 September, 2013 – “Grandparents Abused Other Kids”
The Hamilton Spectator, 19 September, 2013 – “Dad of Boy Starved to Death”
Our London, 19 September, 2013 – “Dad Admits he Failed Starved Boy”
The Hamilton Spectator, 8 October, 2013 –“Starved Boy”
The Hamilton Spectator, 9 October, 2013 – “Children’s Aid Involved”
Waterloo Region Record, 15 October, 2013 – “Children’s Aid Supervisor”
The Hamilton Spectator, 4 December, 2013 – “Grandma Who Starved Boy”
The Toronto Star, 4 February, 2014 – “Jeffrey Baldwin Inquest”
The Toronto Star, 18 October, 2014 – “Jeffrey Baldwin Memorial Unveiled”
