What This Story Is About
- A mother who sent her son to an unlicensed daycare in Smyrna is speaking out after an infant died there over the weekend.
Why It Matters
- A complaint released by the Tennessee Department of Human Services states the home was operating as an unlicensed daycare center. The report states that when officers arrived, they found 16 children in the home.
- The cause of the child’s death is still under investigation. So far, no arrests have been made. A temporary injunction has been served, which will stop the daycare from continuing to operate without a license.
Catch Up
SMYRNA, Tenn. (WSMV) – A mother who sent her son to an unlicensed daycare in Smyrna is speaking out after an infant died there over the weekend.
Itzel Arevalo said she took her 7-year-old son to the home on Lake Farm Road for more than a year while she went to work. Arevalo said she stopped taking her son to the daycare when he complained about being hit. She said he would also come home hungry as if he hadn’t been fed…