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\nAn Owensboro daycare is under investigation by state and local law enforcement amid reports of abuse and assault to toddlers.<\/p>\n
\nAn Owensboro daycare is under investigation by state and local law enforcement amid reports of abuse and assault to toddlers.<\/p>\n
Officers with the Owensboro Police Department confirm detectives are investigating the Owensboro Childcare Center.<\/p>\n
Owensboro Police Department officials say this comes after the department received a complaint about the daycare from the Kentucky Department of Community Based Services.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Watson says when she spoke to other parents at the daycare, she realized her children weren\u2019t the only ones impacted.<\/p>\n
Her 3-year-old daughter was among those who told authorities a worker had struck her across the face and hit her bottom.<\/p>\n
Watson\u2019s younger child is only 2 years old. She says the toddler is too young to fully detail any abuse she may have encountered.<\/p>\n
The mother has hired a lawyer to pursue civil charges against daycare staff.<\/p>\n
Watson\u2019s lawyer Joseph Gaines says they are speaking to several other parents who have come forward to share similar accounts.<\/p>\n
She says personally 20-30 parents have contacted her via social media with their own stories dating back to 2020.<\/p>\n
Gaines said it seems one staff member in particular was behind the abuse, but several others working at the facility were aware of it.
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