Fullwood children will remain with grandparents

Thursday, February 8, 2007

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Six-year-old Coralrose Fullwood was found dead near her home Sept. 17.

The parents of a slain North Port girl have agreed to leave their four children in the custody of the children's grandparents.

That means Dale and Ellen-Beth Fullwood avoid a dependency trial next week.

Coralrose Fullwood's siblings have been with their grandparents in Lee County since the Department of Children and Families took them from their parents a day after their 6-year-old daughter was found dead in the woods near their home Sept. 17.

Both parents are working on a plan to reunite with their children, but the process could take about a year.

No one has been arrested in connection with the killing. Charlotte County police have also confirmed Fullwood was raped, but said DNA evidence shows a non-family member was the perpetrator.

Meanwhile, Dale Fullwood is awaiting trial on two counts of possession of child pornography.

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