During the debrief, staff indicated that she was a new CP investigator when this case came in and this this was the first child fatality that she had experienced as a new worker.  She noted that this was a very difficult case given the circumstance and upon receiving the case, she was instructed to not make contact with anyone.  This included contact with the family and law enforcement.  The worker believed that this came from her supervisor who was directed by the program manager that staff should not make contact with anyone.  The staff was unclear as to why this was since she was new and still learning, however, thought that this was influenced by the fact that this case had received a lot of media attention.  The worker also noted that given the circumstances of the case, going to the father's home to talk with him about child protection's investigation would have been very difficult based on what occurred.  While the worker felt relieved to not have to speak with the father she also wondered if he had the necessary supports and resources available to him during this time.   
The supervisor that was debriefed indicated that during child protection investigations involving fatalities they rely on law enforcement's investigation, including the utilization of their interviews. As a result the supervisor assumed that an interview had been done with the father through law enforcements investigation.  She also noted that if contact was not made with a parent that this would need to be approved by the program manager.  Additionally, any cases that involve the media such as this case, it is common practice that supervisors and staff are instructed by program managers to “just waitâ€ and to not do anything immediately with the case.  The supervisor also discussed the difficulty of this case especially being that this was the workers' first child fatality.  When this case came into rotation, the supervisor was balancing the assignment of such a difficult case to a new staff given that this would be a very hard case to work while also recognizing that this would also be learning opportunity for her as a new worker.  The supervisor was also balancing being cognizant of not assigning this case to other staff that may have had recent egregious harm/fatal/or near fatal cases assigned to them.