The Killing All of Chicago Missed
UNCOVERED
Brian Paz, 6, died of starvation, yet he wasn’t counted as a homicide by police or the media. This is how we found his story.
Editor's Note: Following the publication of this story, an employee of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services told The Daily Beast that the agency has a pending investigation into Brian Paz's death. More information regarding the child's death is available in a January report from the agency's inspector general and has been added to the story.
CHICAGO — The body weighed 37 pounds and measured 43 inches.
It arrived at the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office dressed in a gray T-shirt, blue swim trunks, and black socks, and with an endotracheal tube and various catheters.