INDIANAPOLIS -- Family members of a 5-year-old girl who died a "horrific" death have filed a civil lawsuit against the Indiana Department of Child Services for not doing more to prevent her neglect and starvation on Indy's southwest side last year.

Attorneys with CohenMalad, LLP, and Sniderman Law are representing Brian and Bradly Welty, Kinsleigh Welty's paternal grandfather and father, respectively.

What does the complaint say?

The complaint, which was filed in Marion Superior Court on Thursday, accused DCS and multiple family case managers employed by DCS of failing to do more to prevent the neglect and fatal starvation of Kinsleigh. It states that Kinsleigh's death was the direct result of a "tragic pattern of abuse" that began in 2018. In response, Kinsleigh and her siblings were r

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