NEW TONIGHT, STACEY
CAMERON WITH TWO CHANGES A CHILD
ADVOCATE SAYS COULD PROTECT
KANSAS KIDS.
STACEY: FROM THIS FAMILY PHOT
TAKEN AT A WEDDING --
>> YOU ARE NEVER GOING TO GET
ONE FACING THE FRONT.
YOU SEE LORI ROSS' FAMILY IS
-- STACEY: YOU SEE LORI ROSS'
FAMILY IS HUGE.
THIS DEVOTED MOTHER, ALSO A
DEDICATED CHILD ADVOCATE.
ANGERED BY THE DEATH OF ADRIAN
JONES, SAYING IT WAS
PREVENTABLE --
>> MAKES ME FURIOUS.
STACEY: FEARING ANOTHER CHILD
MAY DIE IN KANSAS IF AT LEAST
TWO ISSUES AREN'T FIXED.
>> THERE ARE MAJOR PROBLES IN
THE CHILD ABUSE HOTLINE SYSTEM
ITSELF.
STACEY: IF YOU CALL THE HOTLINE
ON THE WEEKENDS TO REPORT CHILD
ABUSE --
>> OPEN YOU HAVE REACHED THE
PROTECTION VERY SERVICE."
YOU END UP LEAVING A MESSAGE
WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN
AND FAMILIES.
>> IT SHOULD BE AVAILABLE 24
HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
STACEY: THE SECOND PROBLEM: IF
YOUR CALL ALLEGES SERIOUS ABUSE
IN KANSAS --
>> IT IS COMMON SENSE YOU WOULD
GO AND LAY EYES ON THAT CHILD.
STACEY: ROSS SAYS THERE'S NO LAW
REQUIRING INVESTIGATORS TO
IMMEDIATELY CHECK ON THE KID.
>> IN MISSOURI, THE AMOUNT OF
TIME THEY ARE ALLOWED TO TAKE IS
THREE HOURS.
STACEY: NINE MONTHS BEFORE
ADRIAN JONES DIED, AUTHORITIES
GOT CALLS REPORTING ABUSE.
THERE IS NO EVIDENCE ANY
CHILD ABUSE INVESTIGATOR LAID
EYES ON THAT CHILD DURING THAT
TIME.
STACEY: ROSS SAYING THAT FAILURE
PLAYED A ROLE IN THE BOYS DEATH.
UNTIL KANSAS FIXES THAT PROBLEM,
ROSS SAYS SHE WON'T BE QUIET.
>> I AM GOING TO SCREAM AS LOUD
AS I NEED TO SCREAM TO GET FOLKS
TO DO SOMETHING TO MAKE SOME
CHANGES.
HALEY: THIS CASE CERTAINLY HAS
HER ATTENTION.
ROSS SAYS SHE'S NOW REACHING OUT
TO A GROUP OF KANSAS LAWMAKERS,
WHO WANT TO HELP.
WE REACHED OUT TO THE KANSAS
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