An Illinois mother is accused of assaulting and murdering her 8-year-old daughter then injuring herself, just a day after a state child welfare worker had visited their Chicago residence.
38-year-old Andreal Hagler was charged with killing Amaria Osby, who was found dead by police around 11 a.m. inside a home in the 4600 block of North Winthrop Avenue, police said.
Hagler, her mother, had injured herself and was taken to Weiss Memorial Hospital in good condition. Details of her injuries were not released.
Amaria died from multiple injuries from an assault Wednesday morning, according to autopsy results released Friday by the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
The girl’s death was ruled a homicide.
A case worker for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services had visited the family a day before the murder, but the agency said “no signs of abuse, neglect or danger were noted by our investigator.”
DCFS said it had “prior contact with this family,” and that the family had participated in intact family services from a substance abuse related incident in 2017. The recent visit was the result of an allegation of domestic violence, and was the first contact with the family since closing the prior case in 2018.
The agency said the domestic violence allegation involved abuse of one parent by the other, not abuse of the child.
Hagler was expected to appear in court later Friday.
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