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FILE - In this Friday, July 20, 2018, file photo Victor Avalos, the father of Anthony Avalos, second from left, carries his son's casket out of the Saint Junipero Serra Parish church in Lancaster, Calif., after the funeral service of his son. Following the death of a 10-year-old boy, state officials will audit Los Angeles County's child welfare agency to determine whether it adequately protects children. The California legislative audit committee on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2018, approved a request to review LA County's Department of Children and Family Services. Legislators noted that Anthony Avalos had been the subject of 13 calls to the department and that he may have come out as gay before his death. (Hans Gutknecht /The Orange County Register via AP, File)

State to audit LA child welfare agency after boy’s death

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Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell talks to reporters about the case of a 10-year-old boy who died after suffering head injuries, and previously claimed he was beaten, locked up and not fed, at a news conference at the Hall of Justice in Los Angeles, Wednesday, June 27, 2018. The boy, Anthony Avalos, made the allegations in private interviews conducted after the Department of Children and Family Services received one of a dozen referrals over several years involving the boy, who died June 21, 2018, at a hospital in Lancaster, Calif. Anthony's mother, Heather Barron, and her boyfriend, Kareem Leiva, have not been charged with any crimes related to the child's death. (AP Photo/Michael Balsamo)

Arrest made in death of boy who had complained about abuse

By MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press