In Memoriam: Baby Braxton

If pictures speak a thousand words, the one we showed Sarah FitzPatrick tells this story.

"Does it look like the same baby to you?" we asked.

"No," she responds.

Braxton Michael Taylor was a happy child the FitzPatricks fostered from birth until 7 months, when he was transferred to another family. But after just a few weeks with the new foster parents, Braxton changed.

Days later, Braxton died, abused to death by his second foster mother, a woman named Kathleen Ganiere.

"We`re just in complete shock that this happened. That no one stepped in, no one…" Sarash says.

NewsChannel 3's investigation reveals social workers had at least two chances to save Braxton, but didn't. These pictures - pictures Virginia Beach doesn't want you to see - were snapped inside the city's Human Services building with social workers in the room. Braxton's head is bruised, his lips split, his eyes confused and distant. He was supposed to be gaining weight, instead he was shedding it. But still he went home with Ganiere.