Summer Moon Hawk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In 2010 Summer was the first child born in Loveland. A newspaper article heralded the occasion, but her birth was remarkable for yet another reason. She also had THC in her system. It wasn‘t that surprising that Summer‘s mother, Kaylynn Davis, had been smoking weed shortly before Summer entered the world. Since 2007, when Davis gave birth to Hawk‘s half sibling, Larimer County caseworkers had been warning her about using drugs around her kids and while she was pregnant.

 

A complaint the next month, in January 2008, indicated that Davis was smoking marijuana in front of the baby and not dressing her properly. The complaint was deemed inconclusive after she denied smoking marijuana in front of her child. Caseworkers offered Davis help, though, and while she agreed to a drug test she did not complete any treatment.

 

When THC was found in Summer‘s system  Davis admitted using marijuana throughout her pregnancy. A caseworker visited Davis where she was living in a garage that had been converted into a bedroom and deemed it suitable. The room was heated by a small space heater. The caseworker told Davis she should go outside to smoke dope.

 

Davis missed a voluntary meeting with her caseworker on January 19. Six days later, on the day the social worker was planning to go visit the home, Summer died of pneumonia. Summer had been sick for ten days before she died but her mother never seeked medical treatment. Davis was charged with child abuse, negligently causing death. She pleaded guilty to of a reduced charge of negligence and was sentenced to ten years of probation.

 

 

 

 

 

http://childfatalities.denverpost.com/#id=24&name=HawkSummer