Two-year-old dies from severe head trauma after weeks of suspected abuse, father's girlfriend arrested

While investigating the child’s death, investigators uncovered details surrounding suspected abuse dating back to early September. Those details are spelled out in a 17-page report filed by the Marion County Prosecutor's office on October 2. In them, a social worker told police that she had helped the family get housing, beds and insurance back in August. The social worker said she first noticed signs of abuse on the 2-year-old during a follow-up visit in September and had filed a child abuse report through DCS on September 20 - over a month before Rivas' death - but had never heard from the investigator assigned to the case.