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Samantha Malamed

Investigative reporter on The Philadelphia Inquirer's Investigations Team, covering criminal justice, policing, and Philadelphia's youth justice and foster care systems.

Nov 9, 2026

13:50
And so, um, could you tell us a little bit about Caprice Williams, who she is and how she ended up, um, with Malaysia?
13:59
So what we know about Caprice Williams is that she's 36 years old.
14:03
She is a public school teacher at Lewis Cassidy School, and she was teaching fifth grade.
14:12
She started there in 2025.
14:14
My understanding is that before that she was at another public school and potentially a charter school.
14:20
We're still trying to map out her full work history.
14:24
And what we also found out on Friday was that she previously had been a foster mother and that a child in her care had been severely injured and neglected to the point that a doctor at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia deemed it to be a near fatality incident.
17:15
Foster another child.

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