Woman charged in girls’ death had 19 social services reports

DANVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Boyle County woman charged with murder in the beating death of her 3-year-old step-granddaughter had been reported to Child Protective Services and Adult Protective Services 19 times since 2002.

The Advocate Messenger reports (http://bit.ly/1NOdEwb ) most of the allegations against Shila Raley were for child neglect, though there also were accusations of physical and sexual child abuse, domestic violence and drug abuse.

Until the investigation into Alex Raley’s June 2014 death from internal bleeding, none of those allegations were substantiated. The bleeding was caused by blunt force blows to Alexa’s abdomen and occurred while she was in Raley’s care.

The Cabinet, through a spokeswoman, declined to comment about Alexa’s death or Raley.

Raley has pleaded not guilty. She is in the Boyle County Detention Center on a $1-million bond.

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Information from: The (Danville, Ky.) Advocate-Messenger, http://www.centralkynews.com/amnews

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