Another
foster child is killed in foster care
June 03,
2020
Kimberly Malpass, a foster mother
in Auburn, has been indicted in the 2015 death of a 2-year-old girl child in
her custody.
The child’s name was Avalena M.
Conway-Coxon. Avalena’s mother died of an apparent overdose in September 2015.
Avalena and a second toddler, Samara,
who was 22 months old, were found unresponsive in Malpass’s home on Aug. 15,
2015. The children were rushed to UMass Memorial Hospital, University Campus,
where Avalena was pronounced dead, probably as a result of heat stroke.
Samara listed in critical
condition and was in a coma for several weeks and will suffer lifelong injuries
however the Chief Medical Examiner was not able to determine the cause of death.
Anthony Mallet, Malpass’s boyfriend
who has long criminal record was taking care of the children the night before the two girls were found
unresponsive. Malpass was out drinking. Malpass
frequently denied the boyfriend was inside the home.
Samara, on Aug.
14, the night before the two girls were found unresponsive.
Malpass, he told authorities, was
out drinking. Malpass returned home drunk and began throwing up. Mallet, according
to the report, told investigators he took two Xanax from Malpass' pocketbook
and went to bed. Malpass is collecting disability and payment as a foster care
giver. Malpass has three of her own children, meaning seven people were jammed
in a two bedroom apartment. She has been charged in the past with neglecting
her children and allowing her previous boyfriend to abuse them. They children seldom attended school.
The report issued in the case by
the state Department of Children and Families shows foster mother Malpass
frequently denied that her now 33-year-old boyfriend, who has long criminal
record, was living with her in the home. Worse, DCF officials were aware of
what Malpass was posting on Facebook including pictures of her with Mallet, a
drug user, they knew who and what Mallet was, and did nothing about it. In
April of that year, Mallet had been charged with unarmed robbery and Malpass
bailed him out.