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Grieving mother pushes for justice in Ringgold foster care death

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photo Saharah Weatherspoon, 2, died of injuries received while in foster care in Ringgold, Ga.

Saharah Weatherspoon’s big brother can’t accept that she’s gone.

When he’s sad, the 7-year-old hugs the bear he was given at the hospital where his sister died on New Year’s Day.

Their mother, Jennifer Palmer, says she believes her 2-year-old daughter died by violence.

The little boy and girl were in foster care at a home in Ringgold, Ga., until Dec. 29, 2013, when a serious head injury sent Saharah to the emergency room.

“He still doesn’t understand the situation,” Palmer said last week of her young son. “He thinks she’s coming back.”