Authorities failed to notice brutal abuse of 3-yr-old despite visiting house three times just days before her death
Five whole years after three-year-old toddler Kayleigh Slusher was tortured and then murdered by her mother and her mother's boyfriend, the child's relatives will be receiving $5 million in a wrongful death lawsuit. The settlement was announced on January 2 and it calls for the city as well as the county of Napa, California, to each shell out $2.5 million to Jason Slusher, the toddler's father, and Robin and Benny Slusher, her grandparents.
The city wrote in a statement: "Kayleigh Slusher’s death was a terrible tragedy. The City and County of Napa have committed to doing everything in their power to prevent and protect other children from suffering child abuse and neglect."
PEOPLE reported that the statement added: "The murder of a child by her caretakers is unfathomable, and an unspeakable tragedy for her grandmother and father. Kayleigh’s death shocked and saddened the entire Napa Community."