On December 27, 2000, police were called to the Frazier home be Pennee who claimed her daughter had fallen on the floor and wouldn't get up. What police found when they entered the home was beyond horrifying. The home was described as "squalor" with overflowing rotting garbagedirty dishes throughout the house, food ground into the floor and in the midst of it all, lie 33 pound Katelyn. Her siblings didn't fair but better than she had, but at least they were alive. One sibling had a rash over 80% of his body and another had double ear infections that required serious antibitoics to cure.

Katelyn, the sweet child that Dodson had fought so hard to keep, to protect, lie in the middle of the mess, unresponsive and not breathing. Frazier and Levin gave inconsistant stories to the police about Katelyn's injuries. The city took the three remaining children into custody. But it was too late for Katelyn. She had over twenty five bruises on her body, most inflicted during the fatal beating. Seventeen of those bruises were on her head and face. She had bruises on her cheeks, forehead, eyes, mouth, back, hip and legs. She was rushed to the hospital where doctors did their best to save her life, but it was no use. Katelyn Frazier had suffered severe brain damage due to the beatings she took to her head and face, she would never open her eyes again. She would never run, play and laugh as other children do, for all intesive purposes, Katelyn Frazier was dead.

When Dodson heard of the beating, she rushed to the hospital to try to see her, but hospital officials denied her entry. Not only were they not allowed to see her, but they were refused even the smallest information regarding her condition. Dodson then stormed into the Social Services office and demanded that she be allowed to see Katelyn. "You failed me and you failed Katelyn, you're not going to fail her again." she told them. Social Services relented and allowed the Dodson's one last visit with Katelyn.

The staff at Children's Hospital tried their best to prepare the Dodson's for what they would see, but nothing could have prepared Leslie for what she saw. Three year old Katelyn was lying on a hospital gurney, a sheet tucked carefully around her waist. A machine was breathing for her, keeping her alive so that her organs could be donated, she wasn't breathing on her own.

Sobbing, Leslie pressed her cheek against Katelyn's and began kissing her, this child she had loved as her own, had tried to protect. "You play with all the Barneys' and all the Elmos and all the Poohs," Dodson whispered softly into her ear, "You just play. Because for the first time, you can be a child, and no one will hurt you."

Katelyn died on December 29, 2000 from blunt head trauma.

In August of 2001, Pennee Frazier plead guilty to charges of failing to protect her daughter from abuse and neglect. She would admit to watching Levin beat her children weekely and doing nothing to stop him. She would also plead guilty to various child abuse charges and be sentenced to 15 years in prison. Asher Levin was convicted of felony murder, along with two felony convictions of child abuse and neglect. He was sentenced to serve 18 years in prison. Two employee's of Social Services closest to the case were placed on adminstrative leave with pay pending an investigation.

In the end, three year old Katelyn was dead. Social Services did indeed fail this child and many many more. Katelyn is gone, but her memory will forever live on.