She was told her son was thriving in care. Years after his death, an investigation found otherwise

She was told her son was thriving in care. Years after his death, an investigation found otherwise. When Jacob Collins was 18 months old and being cared for by a foster family on Newfoundland’s North Coast, his mother Tanya Collins was told he was doing well — that he loved playing in the snow and had learned to walk. But after Jacob died at age two in 2005, an investigation found otherwise. The report said Jacob had been neglected, with evidence of malnutrition and untreated medical issues such as a possible broken arm. It also suggested his mother was responsible for some of these failures…