(Undated) Iowa is paying ten million to the siblings of an adopted 16-year-old girl who died of starvation in 2017. Misty and Marc Ray are in prison for kidnapping and child endangerment after Sabrina Ray was found malnourished at her home in Perry.
Two of Sabrina Ray’s siblings are suing the state for not protecting them from physical abuse, neglect, and torture—Sabrina weighed 56 pounds when she died of starvation.
Sabrina Ray’s adoptive mother, Misty Ray, was sentenced to life in prison on kidnapping charges, and Marc Ray, her adoptive father, was sentenced to 80 years for kidnapping and child endangerment. An adoptive grandmother and brother also received prison sentences.
Two of Sabrina Ray’s siblings, former foster care children whom the Rays also adopted, claimed Iowa Department of Health and Human Services authorities failed to protect them from severe physical abuse, torture, and neglect. The
The settlement approved Monday will make the Department of Human Services make a task force to improve Iowa’s foster care system.
