Joshua Millinson murder: Youngster's life and death at hands of father being reviewed by care chiefs
Joshua Millinson's death is the subject of a serious case review, council bosses confirmed today.
Such probes are carried out wherever a child dies or is seriously injured and abuse or neglect is thought to be involved.
It looks at lessons that can help prevent similar incidents from happening in the future.
Alan Coe, Chair of Wolverhampton Safeguarding Children Board, said: "Any child death is extremely distressing. It is even more so in this case.
"We have commissioned a Serious Case Review to find out whether there was anything we can learn from this tragedy that might mean that in future a similar situation would be less likely to end this way. Now that court proceedings have finished, we can now complete this review and will publish the findings in the coming months."
In just nine days Joshua spent at home he was subject to at least two episodes of abuse, his parent's trial heard.
The last of those resulted in the catastrophic brain injuries which caused his collapse and eventual death.
The NSPCC website states serious case reviews should be completed within six months.
In March this year Wolverhampton Safeguarding Children Board published its findings following a serious case review into the death of eight-month-old Rebecca Kandare.
She was left to starve and die at the hands of her 29-year-old father Brian and mother Precious who lived in South Avenue, Wednesfield.
They thought the child was being made ill by 'evil spirits' - and that only the prayers of a faith healer could save her.
In November 2015 Rebecca's parents were convicted of her manslaughter and jailed for a total of more than 17 years.
The review concluded 'specific opportunities' were missed and that increased contact between medical professionals and Rebecca would have prevented her death.
The report said: "There were specific opportunities that were missed, where a different response by professionals should have led to a reassessment of Rebecca's needs, and those of the siblings.
"If there had been contacts with health visiting and GP services, the signs and symptoms in Rebecca would have been noticed. This would have led to appropriate services being provided by all agencies, which would have prevented Rebecca's death."
