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Witness tells senators she found falsified investigation records and urges legislative inquest
Summary
A nurse practitioner told the Senate Health and Welfare Committee that police and court records in a St. Tammany child‑abuse matter were falsified and that repeated mandatory reports were not investigated. She asked the legislature to conduct a root‑cause inquest; no law‑enforcement response was recorded in the hearing.
A nurse practitioner who testified to the Senate Health and Welfare Committee on March 17 alleged that police and court documents in a St. Tammany Parish child‑abuse case were falsified and that DCFS and local authorities failed to investigate despite multiple mandatory reports.
"These are falsified records. I can tell you that 100% for sure," the witness said, describing repeated attempts to get the case investigated and asserting she had shared evidence with the FBI and the U.S. Attorney. The witness, introduced in committee as Ms. Trotter, asked the Senate to conduct an inquest and perform a root‑cause analysis of selected cases to identify where the system failed the child.
Ms. Trotter said the child in her case was born drug exposed, has disclosed abuse repeatedly since infancy, and that mandatory reporters (teachers, medical personnel and others) submitted more than a dozen reports. She described inconsistencies between records presented to courts and public records, private investigators’ findings and the absence of forensic medical examinations or trauma evaluations in some files.
Committee response and status: Senators thanked Ms. Trotter for ‘‘a lot of information’’ and paused further questioning to allow members and staff to review her material. Secretary Rebecca Harris said the department would "digest what you just provided to us" and committed to follow up; no law‑enforcement or prosecutorial reply appears in the hearing record.
Why this matters: The testimony contains criminal‑allegation elements (claims of falsified records and improper handling of investigations) that, if substantiated, would require formal criminal or administrative inquiries and could affect local court outcomes and DCFS procedures. The committee asked DCFS to work with the sponsor and stakeholders on legislative and procedural changes and suggested targeted case reviews and data tracking as immediate steps.
What is unknown: The committee transcript records the allegation and the witness’s statement that she presented evidence to federal authorities, but does not record independent verification of the claimed falsified documents or any law‑enforcement action taken in response. The allegations remain unresolved in the hearing record.
