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New England in brief: Former official to be sentenced for theft
...daughter a fatal overdose of prescription drugs are due in Brockton Superior Court on Thursday for a pretrial hearing. Rebecca Riley, 4, was found dead on the floor of her parents’ bedroom in Hull in December 2006. Prosecutors allege that... (Page B2, 674 words)Date: Nov 9, 2009
Psychiatrist will not be prosecuted in girl’s death
The child psychiatrist of Rebecca Riley, a 4-year-old girl who died of an overdose of psychiatric drugs, will not be criminally prosecuted in her death, clearing... (Page B14, 216 words)By: Patricia Wen|Date: Jul 2, 2009
New England in brief: Psychiatrist focus of probe in girl's death
BOSTON The psychiatrist of Rebecca Riley, the 4-year-old who died of an overdose of psychiatric drugs in 2006, is the focus of a grand jury probe in Plymouth County... (Page B2, 674 words)Date: Apr 30, 2009
Lawyer accuses psychiatrist of medical misdeeds in death of girl, 4
A lawyer for the estate of Rebecca Riley, a Hull 4-year-old who died of an overdose of psychiatric drugs, argued before a malpractice tribunal yesterday that the... (Page B2, 387 words)By: Carey Goldberg|Date: Mar 4, 2009
Court reinstates murder charges against parents of girl, 4
...the parents of 4-year-old Rebecca Riley, ruling that there was sufficient...office had wrongly concluded that Rebecca Riley died from an overdose of prescription...is serving as administrator of Rebecca Riley's estate and protecting the... (Page B1, 679 words)By: Shelley Murphy|Date: Feb 24, 2009
New England in brief: Bar association honors district attorney
...Carolyn and Michael Riley, formerly of Hull, are charged with second-degree murder in the December 2006 death of Rebecca Riley. In Brockton Superior Court yesterday, Carolyn Riley's lawyer, Michael Bourbeau, said an expert for the defense... (Page B2, 670 words)Date: Sep 12, 2008
Legislators pass bill to boost rules against child abuse
...black eye, bruises, and a ruptured intestine, died in the care of his foster mother. And in 2006, 4-year-old Rebecca Riley of Hull died after she was given an overdose of psychiatric drugs. Lawmakers at yesterday's press conference pointed... (Page B3, 360 words)By: Maddie Hanna|Date: Jul 2, 2008
An urgency to fix the child welfare system
THE DEATHS of Dontel Jeffers, Rebecca Riley, and Liquarry Jefferson, and the horrifying injuries...Dontel Jeffers died after nine days in a foster home. Rebecca Riley died of a prescription drug overdose. Liquarry Jefferson... (Page A19, 706 words)By: Marylou Sudders and Maureen Flatley|Date: Apr 18, 2008
DSS saw no danger in returning child to mother now charged in her death
...brain injuries in 2005 following a beating at the hands of her adoptive mother, who was under DSS supervision. And Rebecca Riley, 4, of Hull died last year after her parents, who also were under DSS supervision, gave her a toxic overdose of... (Page B2, 662 words)By: John C. Drake|Date: Dec 25, 2007
For children, a new champion
...Otherwise the child advocate could end up being a useless office. The need is evident. The names of Dontel Jeffers and Rebecca Riley echo tragically in the State House. They lost their lives while under the supervision of the Department of Social... (Page A10, 444 words)Date: Dec 24, 2007
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