The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services for weeks has repeatedly refused to release a timeline detailing its involvement with Mackenzi Felmlee, the 18-year-old who died after being found unresponsive in her Fairview Heights foster home. While the agency has said they were deferring to local prosecutors, the St. Clair County state’s attorney’s office confirmed to Capitol News Illinois this week it does not oppose the release of the information.

In a July 10 email, DCFS spokesperson Heather Tarczan denied requests for the timeline, citing an objection from the office prosecuting Shemeka Williams, Mackenzi’s foster mother, and Williams’ mother, Cornelia Reid.

“At the request of the St. Clair County State’s Attorney’s office and pursuant to DCFS Rule, we have not concluded or

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