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DCS: Jesse Wilson's mother had kids taken away in California

Documents show Crystal Wilson adopted three children even after California authorities removed six foster children from her home after allegations of neglect.

The mother of a Buckeye boy whose remains were found two years after he disappeared from his home previously had six foster children taken away from her in California, according to previously unreleased documents.

The documents, obtained by 12 News through a lengthy court battle, show Jesse Wilson's adoptive mother, Crystal, was a foster parent in California before moving to Arizona. 

The nearly 400 pages document the Department of Child Safety's involvement with Wilson and her three kids. 

The week after Jesse disappeared from Crystal Wilson's house, a DCS case worker asked Wilson about the California children. Wilson reportedly could not remember all of their names, but claimed they had been reunited with family or placed with other relatives. 

However, months after that conversation, the documents reveal California Child Protective Services had removed the six children from Wilson's home, accusing her of withholding food as a punishment. 

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The California allegations do not appear in any previous DCS case with Wilson, even though the agency visited her on two occasions. There is also a place in the DCS reporting forms for "prior history in Arizona or other states or jurisdictions." The California case is not listed there. 

Six months later, in January 2017, DCS workers made a note to contact California authorities and obtain any records pertaining to Crystal Wilson. The deadline for obtaining them was a month from the date of the report. The deadline continued to be pushed back for at least eight months. 

It was removed by November of 2017. 

Wilson had legally adopted both Jesse Wilson and two other children, even after the California CPS case. An additional note in the documents lists Crystal Wilson as still having an active foster parent license. 

An Arizona Department of Child safety spokesman said state law prevented them from answering questions about how Wilson was allowed to adopt those three children, or if DCS had known about the California case before the adoption.

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