Grandmother Says She Warned Of Threat To Girl

Thursday, August 23rd 2007, 7:56 pm

By: News On 6

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) _ An Oklahoma City woman says she warned the Department of Human Services that her nearly 2-year-old granddaughter was in danger less than a week before the girl died.

Olivia Scroggins died at an Oklahoma City hospital Monday and her mother and the mother's boyfriend have been accused of first-degree murder. Prosecutors say the girl appeared to have been sexually abused and beaten to death.

Tynia Berry, 46, said Wednesday that she contacted DHS a week ago and said the girl was in danger but she doesn't know if any action was taken.

DHS spokesman George Johnson said confidentiality laws prohibit him from discussing any action the agency may or may not have taken.

Berry said the girl stopped wanting to leave her to go home to her mother Wendy Scroggins, 22, after Scroggins began dating Kerry Smith, 21.

Scroggins and Smith remain in the Oklahoma County jail.

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