An Owensboro daycare is under investigation by state and local law enforcement amid reports of abuse and assault to toddlers.
Officers with the Owensboro Police Department confirm detectives are investigating the Owensboro Childcare Center.
Owensboro Police Department officials say this comes after the department received a complaint about the daycare from the Kentucky Department of Community Based Services.
Owensboro mother-of-two Kaitlin Watson says she was enraged after social workers informed her they interviewed her toddlers in connection with an ongoing investigation into reports of assault at the daycare.
Watson says when she spoke to other parents at the daycare, she realized her children weren’t the only ones impacted.
Her 3-year-old daughter was among those who told authorities a worker had struck her across the face and hit her bottom.
Watson’s younger child is only 2 years old. She says the toddler is too young to fully detail any abuse she may have encountered.
The mother has hired a lawyer to pursue civil charges against daycare staff.
Watson’s lawyer Joseph Gaines says they are speaking to several other parents who have come forward to share similar accounts.
She says personally 20-30 parents have contacted her via social media with their own stories dating back to 2020.
Gaines said it seems one staff member in particular was behind the abuse, but several others working at the facility were aware of it.
Source: WBKO
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