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Malaika & Xayah Robinson

Malaika and Xayah — Wrongfully Detained Since June 2024

A growing chorus of relatives, advocates, and allies demand the release of Malaika and Xayah — and an end to San Diego’s abuse of power.

Malaika & Xayah

SAY THEIR NAMES — BRING THEM HOME

Children Cry for Family as Relatives, Advocates, Journalists, and Investigators Expose False Reports, Retaliation, Child Trafficking, and Abuse Cover-Ups

 

Families, other victims, and witnesses say San Diego’s Child Welfare Services, Dependency Court, Guardian ad Litem’s Office, and County Counsel are covering up sexual abuse, medical neglect, and psychological and elder abuse — while retaliating against relatives and trafficking children to strangers.

This is retaliation, torture, and abuse of power carried out by individuals who should never be trusted with the lives of children. These officials are not protectors — they are predators in suits and badges.

Lisa Haight (GAL) — A guardian ad litem who pursued a personal vendetta, blocking family placement, smearing a state-approved relative caregiver, and working to sever children from their bloodline.

Nicole McConn (GAL Supervisor) — Instead of holding Haight accountable, she shielded her. McConn escalated further by filing a restraining order against the children’s own grandfather, an RFA-approved caregiver, solely for refusing to remove Haight’s photos from a website. This act was nothing less than abuse of power.

Ashlee Purnell (CWS) — Families allege that Purnell engaged in aggressive tactics during her tenure with Child Welfare Services. She is accused of pursuing a mother across state lines and using threats of U.S. Marshals to compel her return to San Diego. Records and witness statements further indicate that this action resulted in the mother being jailed for five days and missing her infant’s first birthday, an event relatives describe as both cruel and unnecessary.

Chantal Hill, a San Diego CWS social worker, was one of the original caseworkers — alongside Ashlee Purnell — who removed Malaika and Xayah in June 2024. Families say this marked the beginning of retaliation and alienation.

Hill is now accused of inhumane surveillance during visits, monitoring diaper changes and bathroom breaks and treating normal family life like a crime scene. Critics argue she helped create the trauma she was supposed to prevent.

David Miller (CWS) — Families and advocates describe Miller as a social worker who weaponized his authority to retaliate against relatives and protect non-relative caregivers. Accusations include fabricating reports, manipulating investigations, and backing a caregiver with no blood ties in a prolonged campaign of alienation. For more than a year, Miller repeated the same claim in official filings — that “the children are happy with Norma” — despite multiple videos and witness accounts documenting the opposite: young children screaming, crying, and begging to return to their family.

Beyond the paperwork, Miller is accused of waging psychological terrorism against the mother, both in person and over the phone — conduct that relatives say caused panic attacks and left her in tears. His intimidation extended to the grandfather and even to the children themselves, turning routine contact into a cycle of fear and control.

At the core of the conflict is the family’s First Amendment activity: speaking out publicly and releasing a photo of Miller online. Relatives allege that Miller retaliated in response, escalating his actions after the exposure. Though he was reportedly removed from the case following public complaints, records show that Miller continues to file reports — including recommendations to terminate parental rights — raising questions about oversight, accountability, and abuse of authority within San Diego Child Welfare Services.

Norma Olivares & Ronald Rivas Silverio (Caregiver and Co-Conspirator) — At the center of the controversy are caregiver Norma Olivares and her so-called husband, Ronald Rivas Silverio, described by families as key co-conspirators in a campaign to sever children from their blood relatives. Despite having no biological relation, Olivares has been elevated over RFA-approved family members.

Families accuse Olivares of feeding false allegations — including sexual abuse, rape, stalking, and threats — into official reports, which were then echoed by social workers David Miller and Ashlee Purnell. Critics argue these fabrications positioned Olivares as a permanent caregiver while alienating the children from their mother and grandfather.

Investigators note one exception. According to the father and grandfather, the only positive act they observed from Olivares was her refusal to allow the children to be placed in Polinsky Children’s Center, a temporary holding facility. Beyond that, relatives say her involvement facilitated greater harm — including a prior incident where the children were trafficked to the Dominican Republic. Together, Olivares and Rivas Silverio are accused of acting not as temporary caregivers, but as co-conspirators in a system of retaliation and child exploitation.

Crystal Felusme (CWS) — Accused of filing false reports targeting both the mother and the grandfather, furthering the pattern of retaliation inside San Diego Child Welfare Services.

Nicole Montzingo (CWS Supervisor) — As a supervisor within San Diego Child Welfare Services, Montzingo has been accused of directing retaliatory actions after social worker David Miller was exposed for misconduct. According to case records and family accounts, Montzingo oversaw measures that isolated the mother from her support system, coerced toddlers into statements, and coordinated the secretive removal of children. Critics argue her leadership has deepened the culture of retaliation rather than reunification.

Annel Navarro (CWS) — Navarro has been accused of coercing a three-year-old child into making false statements during the course of a dependency investigation. According to family members and advocates, her actions weaponized the words of a toddler in order to derail the reunification process and justify further separation from relatives.

Kat (CWS) — Another social worker accused of writing false reports into official records, this time targeting the grandfather, adding to what families describe as a campaign of retaliation and fabricated claims inside San Diego Child Welfare Services.

Jesica Nicole Fellman (County Counsel) — In her role as County Counsel, Fellman has drawn criticism for supporting retaliatory actions against families rather than safeguarding their rights. Multiple accounts allege she has pushed for the forcible vaccination of children over parental objections, a move critics argue treats minors as test subjects rather than individuals entitled to protection and care.

Judge Alexander Calero — Presiding in San Diego’s dependency court, Calero has been accused of enabling systemic misconduct. Court records and witness accounts describe a pattern in which Calero routinely ejects objections from parents and relatives, suppresses testimony, and allows reports containing perjury and case-fixing to stand unchallenged. Critics say his courtroom has become less a venue for justice and more a rubber stamp for the separation of families, often approving actions that accelerate the destruction of parent–child bonds.

A Pattern of Retaliation and Inhumane Treatment

Witnesses and family accounts describe a child welfare system in San Diego that punishes dissent instead of protecting children. After relatives spoke out publicly, retaliation intensified into what critics call inhumane and degrading treatment.

During supervised visits, two Child Welfare Services employees — Chantal Hill and Kat — were assigned to monitor the mother and children. Reports detail the workers sitting with laptops and cell phones, peeking in even during private moments. Diaper changes and potty breaks were intruded upon, with officials typing notes as if ordinary care were a crime.

The family has now been cut out of visitation entirely, leaving the mother isolated under constant surveillance. Relatives say the entire point of their presence was to prevent that isolation — ensuring the mother was never left alone against a hostile system. By excluding them, officials have placed her in the very situation designed to break her: isolated, monitored, and surrounded by retaliation.

Critics argue this goes beyond oversight. It is humiliation used as punishment — a campaign designed to break families by stripping them of privacy, dignity, and the most basic bonds of trust. In San Diego’s dependency system, retaliation has replaced reunification, coercion has replaced care, and false reports have replaced facts.

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