SASKATOON – The trial of a woman charged in the drowning death of a foster child has begun in Saskatoon with testimony that the boy turned on the hot water taps himself.
Eunice Wudrich (WOOD’-rihk) is charged with criminal negligence causing the death of 22-month-old Evander Lee Daniels in June 2010.
Social worker Danene Scott told the judge hearing the case that Wudrich told her she had given the boy a bath and he turned on the water after she left.
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She said Wudrich’s home was approved for three foster children, but she was caring for five kids – all under four – plus her biological child at the time the boy died.
In-home support had been requested for Wudrich, but hadn’t come through.
The social worker also testified that Wudrich told her she had a hearing impairment, something that had never come up before.
The bathroom was on the same level as the kitchen and living room.
The Wudrich home had been investigated once before for an infant that wasn’t gaining weight, but it was deemed a health issue that wasn’t the family’s fault.
The defence told court that 34 children died in Saskatchewan foster care in 2010 and that overcrowding in foster homes was a major issue that year.
(CKOM)
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