BALTIMORE — There are currently 14 foster children placed in hotel living situations in Maryland, according to the Department of Human Services. That’s down from 18 in late September this year, and 40 from last October.

But it’s not enough of a change according to attorney Thomas Doyle who represents Kanaiyah Ward’s family, the teen found dead in a Baltimore City hotel last month.

“She was a child, she was a beautiful young girl and just a wonderful smile,” Doyle said. “A good young girl who unfortunately had this, you know, mental illness that didn't get helped, and that's the real tragedy, did not get any help.”

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled the 16-year-old’s death a suicide , by an overdose of Diphenhydramine, the same drug marketed under the brand name Benadryl.

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