{"id":1096,"date":"2026-09-01T15:56:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T15:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.ncleg.gov\/houseoversight\/?p=1096"},"modified":"2026-09-01T15:56:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T15:56:30","slug":"house-oversight-members-press-mecklenburg-county-officials-for-answers-in-death-of-dominique-moody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.ncleg.gov\/houseoversight\/2026\/09\/house-oversight-members-press-mecklenburg-county-officials-for-answers-in-death-of-dominique-moody\/","title":{"rendered":"House Oversight Members Press Mecklenburg County Officials for Answers in Death of Dominique Moody"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-06-30T15:42:24.698Z\">June 30, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2518\" height=\"1891\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.ncleg.gov\/houseoversight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/06\/Chesser-1-edited.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a daylong hearing June 4 that provoked sadness and anger, House Oversight Committee members grilled Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, and state officials over the death of Dominique Moody\u2014a six-year-old girl who had been tortured, abused, and kept in a dog cage until she died weighing just 27 pounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By the end of the day, Rep. Allen Chesser (R-Nash), who chaired the session, called for Mecklenburg County District Attorney to consider criminal charges against county employees for failing to intervene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Members first questioned state Department of Human Services officials on their investigation of Mecklenburg County\u2019s child protective services and discussed the potential value of predictive risk models with UNC School of Social Work professor Emily Putnam-Hornstein. Members then asked Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Chief Estella Patterson and Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden about multiple law enforcement visits to the home over years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">County Manager Michael Bryant, Interim DSS Director Letecia Loadholt, and Deputy County Manager Kimm Campbell faced more than four hours of questions in the afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMecklenburg County received multiple reports of abuse and neglect and conducted assessments yet failed to intervene further,\u201d NC Department of Health and Human Services Division Director for Human Services Lisa Tucker Cauley told the committee. She described multiple other failures across 122 additional cases NC DHHS examined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Putnam-Hornstein said evaluations of predictive risk models had found they reduced both racial disparities and child fatalities. She was confident that \u201ca model would have flagged her [Dominique\u2019s] case for closer scrutiny.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Putnam-Hornstein questioned Mecklenburg\u2019s prioritizing new positions instead of better training and technology: \u201cIt\u2019s not at all clear to me based on the facts that have been released that hiring 21 additional people in Mecklenburg County would have made any difference in Dominique&#8217;s case or is the kind of systemic change that is needed.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an early indication of his frustration with the county, Rep. Chesser asked Cauley, \u201cWhat may exist in a home that would make it unsafe for a worker to go there but make it safe for a child to remain in that home?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Members\u2019 incredulity climbed with law enforcement\u2019s testimony. Rep. Mike Schietzelt (R-Wake) wondered how clearly visible holes in floors and walls leading to the outside did not raise more concern: \u201cThere were flashing red signs that should have tipped people off that something was not right here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. Carla Cunningham (D-Mecklenburg) emphasized that CMPD is not solely responsible but, \u201cA lot of people closed their eyes and failed to see.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. Heather Rhyne (R-Lincoln) asked Bryant and Loadholt concentrated on the county\u2019s tendency to downplay its problems. A Program Review found it performed \u201conly slightly worse than other large metropolitan areas\u201d on recurrence of maltreatment and other indicators. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignright\"><blockquote><p>&#8220;And I submit to you that, tragically, <br>Dominique Moody was not served.&#8221;<\/p><cite>Rep. Harry Warren<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Co-Chair Harry Warren (R-Rowan) told Bryant in relation to his role as county manager, \u201cAs you once said, and you\u2019ll recall, I&#8217;m sure, we exist for one reason and for one reason only, to serve. And I submit to you that, tragically, Dominique Moody was not served. It wasn&#8217;t a lack of funding that led to her death, but it was poor performance, lack of supervision, and lack of a culture that was there to serve.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. Brian Echevarria (R-Cabarrus) read directly from an officer\u2019s graphic account of the condition of the home and of the child. \u201cIt was extremely unkempt with strong odor of feces and urine. The residence was cluttered and numerous rats were scurrying through it. 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