Silent Celebration: DA's Office Trumpets One Victory While Questions Linger About Another
Photo is from the protest in front of 350 S. Center Street - Reno where the offices of Washoe County Human Services Agency is located - April 23, 2025 that was covered by KTVN - 2 News Nevada.
The Washoe County District Attorney's Office and their Public Information Officer are certainly vocal when celebrating their wins—like the recent four life sentences handed to a child abuser. Press releases, media alerts, perhaps even a congratulatory social media post or two.
Yet a deafening silence surrounds questions about a more recent tragedy: the April 2025 death of five-year old Izabella Loving whose father now faces charges with the Washoe County Sheriff’s Department and Washoe County District Attorney’s Office investigating. What's conspicuously missing from the DA's outreach efforts is any transparency regarding Washoe County Human Services Agency's potential involvement with this family. The information we are being sent is shocking but nothing can be verified due to the investigation, but Human Services Agency must eventually be held accountable if any of the information we have been sent turns out to be factual.
CR13-2053 State vs. Nicholas Jordan Loving dating back to 2013. How much is Washoe County Human Services Agency neglecting to admit.
Despite court records showing this family has had child-related cases dating back to 2013, county officials have neither confirmed nor denied whether Child Protective Services had prior contact with the household. This wall of silence stands in stark contrast to their eagerness to publicize successful prosecutions.
The question becomes unavoidable: Is the DA's office selectively transparent, highlighting victories while strategically avoiding accountability questions that might implicate county agencies? The public deserves to know whether this tragedy could have been prevented by the very system designed to protect vulnerable children.
When a child's death involves a family potentially known to protective services for over a decade, the community needs more than silence from officials who are otherwise quick to claim credit for justice served.
True accountability requires acknowledging failures alongside successes—something apparently missing from the current public relations strategy.
Press release from the Public Information Officer at the Washoe County Distrcit Attorney’s Office. One needs to ask with budget cuts, and hiring freezes looming at Washoe County will the multiple PIO’s sprinkled throughout county departments be positions earmarked for layoffs.