In 2004, officers went to the home after child welfare officials alerted them that Ariel Castro, a school bus driver, apparently left a child unattended on a bus, Flask said.

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That day, Hickson ordered that both girls be returned home and without electronic monitors, as child welfare officials had requested.

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His guardian went to court to challenge the trust's decision to maintain him in the home, claiming it breached his human rights and child welfare laws.

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