North Chicago mom who’s charged in young son’s death had lost custody of children from 2014 until 2017 after domestic violence probe, DCFS says

The boy’s mother, Jannie M. Perry, who is charged in Damari’s death, lost custody of her six other children in 2014 after a DCFS domestic violence investigation, department spokesman Bill McCaffrey said Monday. Shortly after Damari was born on Dec. 30, 2015, he also went into foster care. DCFS records show that Perry regained custody of her children in 2017.