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Mecklenburg County officials will testify before a North Carolina House committee Thursday on the death of a Charlotte 6-year-old.<\/a><\/p>\n

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The state House Oversight Committee summoned<\/a> Mecklenburg County Manager Mike Bryant to answer questions about Dominique Moody, who was found dead at her aunt\u2019s east Charlotte home<\/a> in December showing signs of abuse and malnourishment. The aunt and two other women face first-degree murder charges<\/a> in the case.<\/p>\n

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police and the county\u2019s social services department received reports about Moody\u2019s home before she died, the Observer and other news outlets found.<\/a><\/p>\n

The situation sparked multiple investigations<\/a>, and the state Department of Health and Human Services announced in late May Mecklenburg must create a corrective action plan<\/a> to address issues within the county\u2019s social services department.<\/p>\n

The committee also callled Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Estella Patterson, Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden, interim DSS Director Leticia Loadholt and state Health and Human Services Division Director Lisa Cauley to testify before Thursday.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s the second time this year the Republican-controlled Oversight Committee scheduled a hearing to question Charlotte leaders. The committee brought local leaders in earlier this year<\/a> on safety in the city in the aftermath of the fatal stabbing of Iryna Zarutska on the LYNX Blue Line light rail.<\/p>\n

Follow along below for live updates as the hearing begins at 9 a.m.:<\/p>\n

Bryant told reporters after Tuesday\u2019s Mecklenburg County commission meeting he was \u201clooking forward\u201d to Thursday\u2019s hearing.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt gives us an opportunity to share firsthand with the House Oversight Committee the plan that we put in place in response to the recommendations from DHHS, as well as hear from them as it relates to how they can continue to partner with not just Mecklenburg County but all 100 counties in the state of North Carolina,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published June 4, 2026 at 5:00 AM<\/span> with the headline “Live updates: NC lawmakers grill Mecklenburg leaders over 6-year-old child\u2019s death.” <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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