Two former Illinois child welfare workers who investigated allegations of abuse involving a 5-year-old boy who was later beaten to death will face a bench trial this week.
The two Department of Children and Family Services workers, Carlos Acosta and Andrew Polovin, are facing three felony counts each of endangering the life and health of a minor and reckless conduct.
Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weeklyAcosta worked at the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services in the months before Andrew “AJ” Freund’s body was found in a shallow grave near his family’s Crystal Lake home in April 2019, days after his parents reported him missing.
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