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    IG to probe whether child services 'missed opportunities' to help family before fire killed 10

    by Elyssa Cherney, Chicago Tribune Aug 30, 2018 4 minutes

    CHICAGO - The inspector general for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services is investigating whether caseworkers "missed opportunities" to ensure better supervision at a home in Little Village where 10 children died in a fire this weekend after they apparently were left alone during a family sleepover.

    The department had investigated the mother who lived there, predominantly on allegations of inadequate supervision, 21 times since 2004, the agency said. The complaints were verified in two instances, including one in 2013 when her then-8-year-old son, who had autism, got out of the home and was

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