She Hid the Evidence
By the time the social workers arrived at Samantha's house, she had removed Gregory's cot and bucket from the property. She left no evidence that he was being mistreated whatsoever...
Fearing the Worst
Samantha pulled Gregory out of public school and began to "homeschool" him. Instead of actually giving him a structured schedule of school work, Samantha just made Gregory Jr. do more manual labor...