Siblings of slain child file suit ...

A spring trial date was set Thursday in the civil case against an adoption agency that, against state orders, placed children with a Springville woman later convicted of second-degree murder.

The trial, expected to last 20 to 25 days, is set for May 5 in Tulare County Superior Court. A conference to discuss a potential settlement will be April 22. Five siblings of slain 5-year-old Rachel Joy Thompson sued Modesto-based Family Connections Adoptions in March. The children suffered years of...

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