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Caseworker seeks dismissal in adoption death case


By Vic Ryckaert
vic.ryckaert@indystar.com
July 2, 2004


A former child welfare caseworker today asked a Marion County judge to dismiss
the criminal charges she faces in connection with the adoption of Anthony Bars,
who died of neglect at the hands of his adoptive parents.

Denise C. Moore, 42, is charged with three felonies and three misdemeanors in
the death of 4-year-old Anthony.

During a 90-minute hearing this morning, Moore claimed that Marion County
prosecutors failed to file criminal charges against her before the statute of
limitations expired. Prosecutors argued that they filed the case before the
deadline.

Judge Robert Altice took the issue under advisement. Moore's jury trial is
scheduled to begin Sept. 20.

Moore, prosecutors say, lied about performing a background check on L.B. and
Latricia Bars, the couple convicted in the January 2002 child-abuse death of
Anthony Bars.

A background check would have found at least two cases of substantiated abuse
in the Barses' home. In addition, L.B. Bars was convicted in 1987 of felony
battery for whipping his daughter with an extension cord.



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