Social worker wants ‘Alex Alerts’ to protect at-risk children from vanishing
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CALGARY — The B.C. social worker who unsuccessfully tried to prevent Alexandru Radita from being returned to his parents’ home hopes his tragic and painful death nearly four years ago will lead to changes in the social safety net to protect future children.
Emil and Rodica Radita were found guilty Friday of first-degree murder of the 15-year-old, who weighed just 37 pounds when he died.
The trial heard that the boy, who was covered with bedsores and riddled with infection, died of complications due to untreated diabetes and starvation.
B.C. social workers apprehended Alexandru after an October 2003 hospital admission where he was near death because his parents refused to treat his disease. He was placed in foster care — where he thrived — for nearly a year before he was returned to his family, which eventually moved to Alberta.
