Actually no it isn't overtly obvious and this was discussed here several days ago. My point then was that it was odd that ALL of the rescued victims were turned over to DCF since that would indicate that none of the children had local family members who were able to take care of them. If your child had been missing or was being sexually abused by a non relative, your child would be turned back to your custody when this type of abuse was discovered by police- unless you were a part of the abuse, lived out of the area, or DCF already maintained legal custody of your child. There's really no logical explanation why DCF would be caring for all of the victims.

"The minors who were recovered during the operation were being cared for by various children and family services agencies across the state, according to sheriff’s officials. "

But this is AFTER they were recovered, isn't it?

It begins