Was Noah Cuatro’s Murder a Preventable Failure by the L.A. County Child Welfare System?
On July 5, 2019, a drowning was reported at a family pool in Palmdale, California. The following day, 4-year-old Noah Cuatro was pronounced dead at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. An investigation would soon reveal that Cuatro’s death was not a result of the purported drowning, but rather unspeakable physical and sexual abuse. Noah’s parents, Jose Maria […]
Miguel Bolanos, Former Riverside Dance Director, Arrested on Multiple Felony Sexual Assault Counts
The former director of a local dance group was arrested last week by the Riverside Police Department’s Sexual Assault – Child Abuse Unit on multiple felony counts of sexual assault. 31-year-old Miguel Bolanos of Chino Hills, California, was booked at the Robert Presley Detention Center on August 17. The charges against Bolanos, all of which are felonies, include: Sexual battery Rape […]
Could At-Home DNA Collection Help End the Rape Kit Backlog and Ensure More Sexual Assault Survivors Obtain Justice?
As the rape kit backlog across the nation has generated national headlines, many sexual assault survivors have come to realize that they’ve been let down by the criminal justice system. In some cities like Detroit, critical DNA evidence obtained through thousands of rape kits was never analyzed, but rather left in an abandoned warehouse. Survivor stories like those featured in the […]