On 10/18/17 I was assigned a CPS referral, intake #3719676. The summary of the referral stated Georgia Bell claimed on 10/15/17 her father, Dwayne Bell, had struck her on the with an open hand twice, while they were at their residence located at 5121 S 297th PL in the City of Auburn, King Co, WA.

The referral stated on 10/16/17 Georgia's teacher found a note written by
Georgia to one of her friends. The teacher provided the note to the school counselor, Jillian Hove. Hove said the note stated the night prior Dwayne was angry at Georgia for a letter she wrote to her mother, Monica Bell. The note stated Dwayne told Georgia to get out of the house, and Georgia went outside to the front porch. The note stated Dwayne went outside, hit Georgia on the head …show more content…
The note stated Dwayne hit her so hard it she believed she had a concussion. The note went on to say Dwayne followed Georgia to her room and called her a "piece of shit", "slut", "whore" and told her she was not his daughter. The CPS referral also stated at the time of the incident, Georgia felt suicidal.

On 11/04/17 at about 1030 hours I contacted Dwayne, Monica, and Georgia at their residence. I spoke to Dwayne and Monica about the incident first.

I informed the two of them I was contacting them regarding a CPS referral.
Dwayne told me he know what I was talking about and added CPS had already contacted them about it.

I asked Dwayne to explain what happened. Dwayne told me he and Monica had been having issues with Georgia since July of 2017. Dwayne and Monica both explained
Georgia has been sneaking out of the house, spending the night with males they do not know, and has been cutting herself. Dwayne explained the cuts are not deep, and more like minor scratches.

Dwayne said because Georgia has been acting out, her and Monica have been disciplining her by not taking her cell phone away from her, and grounding