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Audio recording sheds new light on Leiliana Wright child abuse case
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8:24Now PlayingNext month will mark one year since four-year-old Leiliana Wright was brutally beaten to death in Grand Prairie.
Leiliana was one of dozens of children who died in Texas in 2016 as a result of abuse or neglect, despite being on Child Protective Services’ radar.
The child’s mother and her mother’s boyfriend are accused by police of beating and torturing the little girl at their home in March 2016. According to police, Jeri Quezada and Charles Phifer were both high on heroin and beat Leiliana because she drank her little brother’s juice.
After her death, a citizen who is not connected to the case sent FOX 4 an audio recording of a Tarrant County associate judge speaking about legal proceedings that came before the child’s death.
The recording reveals how even when CPS is involved in a case, a family court judge may not find out about it.
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