The agency has been publicly criticized numerous times in recent years.



In 2013, Channel 9 interviewed a former Gaston County social services worker who said that supervisors forced her to "close cases early."



Sec. Rick Brajer is in charge of North Carolina's Department of Health and Human Services.



Channel 9 reached out to his office multiple times on Wednesday and specifically asked if there would be a state level task force assigned to investigate the slaying of Dumont.



Brajer staff did not respond.



A Gaston County official said late Wednesday that it was likely that North Carolina's Child Fatality Task Force will review this case.



That official also pointed out that reporting child abuse is mandatory for every person or institution in North Carolina, not just for law enforcement or other officials.