BLOOMINGTON, Ind.— A 14-year-old Bloomington girl who died in 2025 had been the subject of multiple Indiana Department of Child Services investigations, according to new records obtained by Indiana’s I-Team.
Jamiyah Mayfield died on July 2, 2025 from nutritional failure, records show.
Her adoptive mother, Toris Mayfield, and her biological father, Jerry Mayfield, are criminally charged with neglect of a dependent associated with Jamiyah’s death.
Indiana’s I-Team obtained records from the Indiana Department of Child Services on October 29.
The records were released under Indiana’s new law, House Enrolled Act 1257, which requires DCS to publicly disclose information about its current or past involvement with a child following a death or near-death related to abuse or neglect.
It shows DCS conducted several assessments from 2013 to 2023 involving Jamiyah and her family.
In 2013, DCS conducted an investigation after Jamiyah fell into a Marion Cunty swimming pool while unsupervised. DCS substantiated child neglect against Jamiyah’s biological mother and opened a Child In Need of Services (CHINS) case.
At the time, Jamiyah was placed in foster care and relative care, records show.
“Services were offered until case closure on September 17, 2013,” read DCS records. “The case was open for three months, closing in reunification in September 2013.”
DCS records reveal the agency also became involved with the family on multiple occasions.
In several instances, DCS caseworkers were unable to find the family members.
A new law, “Kinsleigh’s law”, or HEA 1036, now requires Indiana Department of Child Services case workers to see a child in person within 30 days of closing a case.
Toris Mayfield, 31, and Jerry Mayfield Jr., 33 are each charged with two counts of neglect of a dependent resulting in death.
The case is scheduled for a jury trial in April 2027.
No attorney is listed for Toris Mayfield, and Indiana’s I-Team was not able to reach Jerry Mayfield’s public defender.
According to the probable cause affidavit, the girl lived with her adoptive mother Toris, her biological father Jerry, and two younger siblings — ages 5 and 7. Investigators say her living conditions were not consistent with those of her siblings.
According to the affidavit, the girl had been enrolled in Monroe County Public Schools until Feb. 2025, when she was removed and homeschooled. After she was pulled from school, investigators say her health rapidly declined.
She was allegedly confined to her bedroom, which had a reversed door lock, meaning it could only be locked from the outside. A screw in her window frame prevented it from being opened. She had to ask permission to use the bathroom.
The affidavit reveals a Ring camera was installed inside her bedroom. The parents used it to monitor and communicate with her remotely. Ring camera footage captured months of her daily life, and showed significant weight loss, hair loss, and marks on her body over time.
On May 1, 2025, according to the affidavit, the girl was treated at IU Health for leg swelling. Hospital notes referenced poorly controlled ADHD, weight loss, and marks on her skin. She was discharged with no known follow-up on nutritional needs.
The parents told police the girl had an eating disorder but never communicated her severe weight loss or declining condition to a nutritionist or specialist.
According to the affidavit, when Toris found the girl unresponsive on the floor on July 2, she yelled at her, dragged her by the arms, dropped her onto a small cot, and then dragged her to the bathroom before calling 911.
The final amended autopsy report lists the cause of death as “complications of severe protein-calorie malnutrition and dehydration,” with the manner of death listed as undetermined.
