NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — In a Tuesday court filing, the Tennessee Department of Human Services has called for the closure of “a suspected illegal child care agency” in Antioch after a 4-month-old died.
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The filing obtained by News 2 claims that law enforcement officials were called to a home on Windcrest Lane on Friday, July 18, after an infant was found unresponsive in his crib. A woman claimed that she had put the child down after feeding him and “found him choking on his vomit 20 minutes later.” Though emergency personnel tried to resuscitate the child, they did not succeed.
In a Monday home visit, the woman told DHS staff members that she had been caring for seven children — two 4-month-olds, including the one who died, and five 2-year-olds — at the time of the infant’s death. DHS stated that means she had been caring for more unrelated children than is allowed under state law without a license.
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DHS staff reportedly found “several pack n plays with mobiles and stuffed animals,” and the woman allegedly told them that she had laid the infant in one of the pack n plays and found him unresponsive 20 minutes later. The filing claims she also told DHS staff that the infant had just started attending and she typically had seven children under her care, adding she had been caring for children for many years.
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