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����vlog EIGHT NEWS AT SIX. MORE THAN $37,000 IN PENALTIES. THAT’S HOW MUCH THE EMERGENCY YOUTH SHELTER ELLIPSES WILL HAVE TO PAY AFTER A STAFF MEMBER DIED LAST YEAR. POLICE SAY A 15 YEAR OLD RESIDENT AT THE TIME SHOVED KATHLEEN GALLOWAY, CAUSING A FATAL BRAIN INJURY. THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION COMPLETED ITS INVESTIGATION INTO HER DEATH. ����vlog INVESTIGATES HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THIS FOR MONTHS AS LAURA TERRELL REPORTS, MONKEY’S DAUGHTERS SAY THEY’RE RELIEVED THAT OSHA RECOGNIZED VIOLATIONS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THEIR MOM’S DEATH. SO WE’VE JUST BEEN LEANING ON EACH OTHER, JUST SURVIVING DAY BY DAY, SURVIVING EACH DAY WITHOUT THEIR MOM HAS BEEN MORE PAINFUL THAN THESE TWO SISTERS COULD EVER IMAGINE. THE HOLIDAYS WERE BRUTAL. THEY I DON’T THINK THAT WE WERE EXPECTING IT TO BE THAT DIFFICULT. LIFE HAS JUST GOTTEN DARKER AND GRAYER. MAY 8TH WILL MARK ONE YEAR SINCE KATHLEEN GALLOWAY MENKE WAS ASSAULTED WHILE WORKING AT ELLIPSES, A YOUTH RESIDENTIAL FACILITY IN JOHNSTON, JOVAN MATHIS, A 15 YEAR OLD LIVING THERE AT THE TIME, WAS CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER. THE FACT THAT THERE WERE THREATS BEING SHOWN, LIKE SHARED, SAYING THIS KID IS THREATENING MULTIPLE STAFF WASN’T JUST MY MOM LEADING UP TO THIS AND NOTHING WAS DONE. THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME MEASURE IN PLACE THAT THIS SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED. MONTHS LATER, THE OSHA INVESTIGATION IS NOW COMPLETE INTO WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY. OSHA CITES THREE VIOLATIONS FOR AN UNSAFE WORK ENVIRONMENT, TWO BEING CATEGORIZED AS SERIOUS. EACH VIOLATION CARRIES A $12,500 FINE. THE INVESTIGATION’S SUMMARY SAYS THE EMPLOYEE WAS VIOLENTLY SHOVED, CAUSING THEM TO FALL AND STRIKE THEIR HEAD ON THE GROUND. THE IMPACT RESULTED IN A FATAL BLUNT HEAD INJURY. THERE NEEDS TO BE A LOT MORE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS, MORE LEGITIMATE TRAININGS. CHLOE WILLIAMSON AND CAMILLE MENKE SAY THEY’RE RELIEVED THE OSHA INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE AND FOUND SERIOUS CITATIONS. THEIR FOCUS NOW TURNS TO THE CRIMINAL CASE AGAINST MATHIS. IN COURT, WE FOUGHT TO KEEP THE CHARGE. WE REALLY THOUGHT WE COULD FIGHT FOR IT. THE SISTERS HAVE BEEN FIGHTING TO KEEP THE SECOND DEGREE MURDER CHARGE. BUT POLK COUNTY PROSECUTORS SAY THEY’VE REACHED A PLEA DEAL WHERE MATHIS IS EXPECTED TO PLEAD GUILTY NEXT MONTH TO MULTIPLE CHARGES, INCLUDING VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. I PERSONALLY DO NOT THINK HE CAN BE REHABILITATED FROM WORKING WITH HIM. ALL THE NEWS THAT’S COME OUT SINCE MY MOM’S DEATH OF STILL BEING VIOLENT AND AGGRESSIVE. WHILE THE PLEA DEAL DOES NOT EQUAL JUSTICE FOR THEM, GALLOWAY MANKEY’S DAUGHTERS SAY THEY WILL HONOR HER BY FIGHTING FOR POSITIVE CHANGE IN THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM. FOR HER BIRTHDAY, WE GOT HER HEARTBEAT TATTOOED AND WE BROUGHT HER ASHES WITH US. SO SHE WAS WITH US WHEN WE GOT OUR TATTOOS. WE CHOSE OUR LEFT ARM SO IT COULD BE CLOSER TO OUR OUR HEART. LAURA TERRELL. ����vlog EIGHT NEWS. IOWA’S NEWS LEADER. YOUR HEART BREAKS FOR THOSE GIRLS AS PART OF THE PLEA DEAL, MATHIS’S CASE WILL MOVE TO ADULT COURT, BUT HE WILL NOT BE FORMALLY SENTENCED UNTIL HE IS 18. POLK COUNTY ATTORNEY KIMBERLY GRAHAM RELEASED A STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO GALLOWAY MONKEY’S DAUGHTER’S FRUSTRATIONS WITH THE PLEA DEAL. IT SAYS IN PART, I HAVE MADE DECISIONS WE BELIEVE WILL CREATE THE LONGEST PERIOD OF ACCOUNTABILITY. I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE FAMILY’S INPUT AND RESPECT THEIR OPINION. WE CONTACTED ELLIPSES TODAY TO ASK ABOUT THE OSHA FINDINGS. THEY SENT US A STATEMENT SAYING, QUOTE, ALL MITIGATIO