According to the Georgia Department of Family and Children Services statistics, in 2012, the agency reported 152 deaths of children that they had been in contact with. This was an alarming average of almost three children per week. Then the following year, DFCS came under scrutiny once again, when a young girl was found dead and their records indicated a long history of abuse claims.
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Sources
ABC – 2 WSB, 2 November, 2013 – “Lawrenceville Couple Charged in the Death of 10-Year-Old Daughter”
Gwinnett Daily Post, 3 November, 2013 – “Parents Charged With Murder After Girl’s Body Found in Trash”
ABC – 2 WSB, 4 November, 2013 – “Records Show History of Abuse”
Corvallis Gazette-Times, 4 November, 2013 – “Ga. Girl Found in Trash Bin Had Tried to Run Away”
Gwinnett Daily Post, 4 November, 2013 – “Hints of Abuse Pre-Dated 10-Year-Old’s Murder”
ABC – 2 WSB, 5 November, 2013 – “Grandma of 10-Year-Old Starved to Death Fought for Custody”
Atlanta Examiner, 5 November, 2013 – “Girl, 10, Was Staved to Death After Being Isolated”
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 5 November, 2013 – “Murder Probe”
ABC – 2 WSB, 7 November, 2013 – “DFCS Director Admits Agency Failures After Child Deaths”
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 7 November, 2013 – “After Deaths, System is Focus”
ABC – “ WAB, 8 November, 2013 – “Grim Details Emerge About Death of Staved, Burned, 10-Year-Old”
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 8 November, 2013 – “DFCS Screened Out Girl’s Abuse Report”
Gwinnett Daily Post, 8 November, 2013 – “Grandmother of Slain Child Hires Attorney”
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 9 November, 2013 – “Dad Gives Account of Daughter’s Death”
ABC – 2 WSB, 10 November, 2013 – “Death Penalty May Be Sought Against Parents of Emani Moss”
Gwinnett Daily Post, 12 November, 2013 – “Vigil Held in Memory of Emani Moss”
ABC – 2 WSB, 14 November, 2013 – “Governor Promises 500 New DFCS Case Workers After Child Deaths”
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 14 November, 2013 – “Girl Remembered for Spirit, Smile”
The Northeast Georgian, 20 November, 2013 – “Take Action to Protect Children”
ABC – 2 WSB, 22 November, 2013 – “Case File Details History of Abuse Prior to Emani Moss’ Death”
ABC – 2 WSB, 17 December, 2013 – “Parents Accused of Killing Oldest Daughter in Custody Battle for Younger Children”
Associated Press, 24 January, 2014 – “DA to Seek Death Penalty for Parents in Abuse Case”
The Atlanta Journal Constitution, 17 March, 2014 – “Child-Welfare Privatizations Not Thought Through”
The Macon Telegraph, 8 April, 2014 – “Child Abuse and Neglect Need to be Georgia’s Priority”
ABC – 2 WSB, 22 April, 2014 – “Judge Rules Emani Moss Siblings to Remain in State Custody”
ABC – 2 WSB, 18 June, 2014 – “Family Battles Over Surviving Siblings Over Starved Child”
The Albany Herald, 25 June, 2014 – “DFCS Requires Overtime to Speed up Investigations”
Gwinnett Daily Post, 12 January, 2015 – “Georgia Panel Urges Reforms in State Child Welfare System”
Associated Press, 8 June, 2015 – “Father Pleads Guilty in Death of 10-Year-Old Girl”
Gwinnett Daily Post, 8 June, 2015 – “Emani Moss’ Father Pleads Guilty to Murder, Escapes Death Penalty”
Gwinnett Daily Post, 13 August, 2015 – “Questions Linger as Emani Moss’ Father Heads to Sentencing”
ABC – 2 WSB, 14 August, 2015 – “Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Daughter’s Starvations Death”
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 3 February, 2016 – “Georgia Child Abuse Workers Now Required to Check on Children”
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 9 February, 2016 – “DFCS to Accept Blame in Children’s Deaths”
ABC – 2 WSB, 28 June, 2018 – “Stepmom Say’s It’s God’s Will to Represent Herself”
ABC – 9 WFTV, 13 July, 2018 – “10-Year-Old Girl Starved, Burned, Left in Trash”
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 7 December, 2018 – “Woman Accused of Starving Stepdaughter to Represent Herself in Death Penalty Trial”
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 12 April, 2019 – “Facing the Death Penalty”
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 14 April, 2019 – “AJC Digging Deeper”
ABC – 2 WSB, 24 April, 2019 – “Cinderella Gone Horribly Wrong”
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 24 April, 2019 – “Death Penalty Child Murder Trial Wraps First Day in Gwinnett”
Gwinnett Daily Post, 24 April, 2019 – “Tiffany Moss Death Penalty Trial Begins with Horrific Telling of Girl’s Death”
Gwinnett Daily Post, 25 April, 2019 – “Husband Serves as Star Witness Against Tiffany”
NBC – 36 WCNC, 25 April, 2019 – “Days After She Died in Her Room, Dad Testifies That He Tried to Cremate Her”
ABC – “ WSB, 26 April, 2019 – “Tiffany Moss’ Standby Attorneys Surprise Judge with Request”
Gwinnett Daily Post, 27 April, 2019 – “Who Was Emani Moss?”
ABC – 2 WSB, 29 April, 2019 – “Stepmother Found Guilty of Murdering 10-Year-Old Emani Moss”
NBC – 6 WCNC, 29 April, 2019 – “Little Girl Dies Alone While Family Lived in Comfort”
ABC – 2 WSB, 30 April, 2019 – “Stepmother Sentenced to Death Penalty for Murdering 10-Year-Old”
Audio Sources
“Emani Moss’ teacher describes her as a student ‘she was precious'”
“Eman Moss talks about learning that his wife abused his daughter”
“Grandmother remembers Emani Moss after ‘evil stepmother’ Tiffany Moss sentenced to death”
“Tiffany Moss reacts as jury recommends death penalty”
“Closing statements in Tiffany Moss murder trial”
“Tiffany Moss Trial Day 3 Part 3”
“Grandmother reacts to Tiffany Moss’ death sentence for starving, burning stepdaughter”
