Oswego County Social Services Official Will Not Resign

Oswego county social services commissioner Fran Lanigan will not resign because of the Erin Maxwell case. Two county legislators have agreed to accept her resignation over the case, but Lanigan has said she never offered to give a resignation.

"Legislators Doug Malone and Arthur Gearsbeck then asked county attorneys to look into whether Lanigan could be fired."

Source Syracuse.com

In my humble opinion, there is no question as to what should be done with Fran Lanigan. She should be fired.

Oswego County Did Poor Job In Protecting Erin Maxwell

Oswego county social services did investigations into Erin Maxwell's living conditions 3 times prior to her being murdered. 2003, 2005, and 2006- are the years Oswego county received complaints about her living conditions, and nothing was done to help her.

After her death, state police investigators concluded the girl was routinely locked in her bedroom, deprived of food and forced to wear foul-smelling clothing to school. She lived in a house with more than 100 cats, other animals and large piles of animal feces.

There is no word on if any social workers will be relieved of their duties.

Source Syracuse.com

My opinion is, someone, more than one person should lose their job over this one. More than one person is responsible for dropping the ball here...This girl should not have died, she should not have had to live in these conditions!

Child Endangerment Charges Stay For Maxwell Case

All child endangerment charges will stay for the Erin Maxwell case. Erin Maxwell died Aug. 30, an autopsy ruled the cause of death as asphyxia with sexual trauma as a contributing factor. Her step brother, Alan Jones has been charged with her murder.

The child endangerment charges are against Lynn and Lindsey Maxwell, (parent and step parent), for the deplorable conditions they kept Erin in. The house was filled with over 100 cats, dead kittens in a freezer, feces and garbage everywhere.

If it were up to me, these people would rot in hell for what they put that child through. They locked her in her room in the evenings, barely fed her, and treated her like garbage.

Source Syracuse.com