Lawsuit Alleges Child Welfare Agency Negligence After Boy’s Death in Lynwood

Lawsuit Filed After Death of 8-Year-Old Boy

A lawsuit was filed late last year in Los Angeles County. It charges the Department of Children and Family Services and a local school district with negligence. This follows the death of an 8-year-old boy whose body was found in a cooler in October.

The plaintiffs in the lawsuit are the siblings of Isaiah Harrison, as reported by The Patch.

Police were called about a dead child at a Lynwood apartment on October 28. They found young Harrison’s body in a cooler inside the apartment, according to CrimeOnline. The boy’s mother, 25-year-old Destiny Harrison, was arrested and charged with murder. His father, 25-year-old Daniel Monzon, and grandmother, 46-year-old Ana Zarceno-Caramo, were each charged with conspiracy to commit murder.

Three other children were found at the apartment. They were ages 16, 13, and 9 months. These children were taken into custody by the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services. Officials stated there had been no calls for service at the address.

The lawsuit claims that DCFS “failed to abide by their mandatory duties causing the physical and emotional abuse” of Harrison’s siblings and Harrison’s death. The alleged neglect took place from 2017 to 2025, according to the suit. The Patch did not provide the names of the attorneys who filed the lawsuit on behalf of the siblings.

DFCS stated it could not comment on the suit because of “confidentiality laws.”

Destiny Harrison, Monzon, and Zarceno-Caramo are due in court again on January 20.

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