SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Why did it take so long to stop the abuse being suffered by Ruby Franke's children? It’s a question many are asking. Family members said they were calling for help for years, and the police and the Division of Child and Family Services seemed to do nothing about it. Whose job is it to make sure DCFS is doing their job?

There’s a panel on Utah’s Capitol Hill that oversees DCFS, and members of that panel said they’ve wanted answers about this case for months. However, they weren’t really able to get a lot of details from the division until now.

“Finally.”

One word posted on Shari Franke’s Instagram story over a video of police trying to arrest her mother, Ruby, at her home in Springville. In another post, she stated, “We’ve been trying to tell police and CPS for years about this, and so glad they finally decided to step up.”

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