ATLANTA — A playground filled with laughter: It’s a scene that, for moms like Tarilyn Lester, once felt impossible.
“He hugs me a lot more. He gives me kisses,” Tarilyn said, smiling as her son runs by — a moment of peace four years after she and her husband Tyler Alexander, were accused of hurting him.
The couple is just one in more than a dozen 11Alive News Investigates interviewed, who said a child abuse pediatrician’s diagnosis had torn their families apart. Many were arrested or lost custody of their children after being accused of abuse — allegations that for many were later proven false…