WV leaders bought a new CPS referral system after a girl starved to death; it was never implemented

By: Amelia Ferrell Knisely

Outlets: West Virginia Watch

Published: April 22, 2026

Words: 1,407

Last Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago

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In 2024, police found the body of a 14-year-old Kyneddi Miller in a skeletal state in her Boone County home. She weighed only 58 pounds. She’d been lying on the bathroom floor for four to five days.

In the weeks that followed, the Justice administration maintained that Child Protective Services didn’t know about Miller prior to her death, despite reporters obtaining documents showing that a CPS referral had been made …

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