ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – For years, including all summer long, KRQE News 13 has been reporting on the tragic deaths of children at the hands of their parents, and that includes the case of Estrella Miracle Montoya. Once again, it's a case of the State of New Mexico's Children, Youth, and Families Department pulling her from a loving home and placing her back in danger. KRQE News 13 sat down with the toddler's aunt, Becky Davis, who fostered her, saying she begged CYFD not to put her back with her parents. They did, and less than a month later, she was dead.

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