DCF Worker Accused Of Killing Foster Child Found Not Guilty

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DCF Worker Accused Of Killing Foster Child Found Not Guilty

Connecticut Department of Children and Families employee Suzanne Listro stands at her arraignment in Superior Court in Rockville, Conn., Thursday, July 17, 2008 in this frame grab from WFSB-TV Hartford. Listro was charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of a 7-month-old foster child in May, 2008. ((AP Photo/WFSB-TV) / July 17, 2008)
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The Hartford Courant
2:54 p.m. EDT, March 29, 2010

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TOLLAND - A judge this afternoon found Suzanne Listro, a foster mother, not guilty of manslaughter in connection with the death of her 7-month-old foster child who died nearly two years ago.

Judge William Bright Jr. also found her not guilty of risk of injury to a minor.

"I'm not saying this was an accident. I don't know," the judge said. "I cannot say without a reasonable doubt that Ms. Listro inflicted the injuries upon Michael Brown Jr."

Brown died May 19, 2008 of blunt traumatic head injury. Listro had been accused of killing the child by violently shaking him.

Listro, 44, has said the boy died after falling from her bed.

Prosecutors in the case declined to comment Monday.

— Staff Reports