An infant under the supervision of Florida's now controversial Department of Children and Families (DCF) died Saturday, just days after agency officials were supposed to meet with the baby's family to check on her safety. The news brought more criticism to the troubled department, still facing questions in the case of 5-year-old Rilya Wilson.

On April 24 of this year, the DCF began investigating 21-month-old Briyonna Jean-Noel's case after receiving reports that the toddler was being abused. At the time, investigators chose to keep the child with her mother, Shavon Greene, only recommending that Greene's boyfriend, Robert Tyrone Battle, not baby-sit the infant any longer. The DCF decided that officials with a crisis-counseling program should instead visit the family, but it took more than a month to set a meeting. An interview was finally scheduled for last Thursday, but Greene was not home at the planned time.

Two days later, Briyonna was killed, allegedly from multiple injuries inflicted by Battle. Authorities arrested Battle Monday on charges of first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse. Child advocates say the case should have been handled more rapidly and is another unfortunate example of how the state's child welfare system is flawed.