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Boy Severely Burned At Day Care Rushed To Texas Hospital For Treatment
Posted on Feb 24, 2010
The parents of a young boy want answers after their 18-month-old boy was severely burned while at day care. Since there are no witnesses to the event, it is difficult to determine whether day care abuse or day care neglect was involved in this serious burn accident – or whether it was merely an unfortunate event without fault.
In the fall, Michael Garcia was a resident at Blessed Day Care run by Maria Lopez. The day care owner says that Michael poured a bowl of hot beans on himself, badly burning the boy’s arms and chest. However, the boy’s parents, Monica and Javier Garcia say that the accident must not have been an accident. They site that the boy’s clothes were not soiled by the beans and that the burns themselves were not indicative of a burn accident. A doctor who treated the boy at a Lubbock, Texas hospital agreed that the burns looked suspicious for an accident.
Even if the spill was an accident and not daycare abuse, many wonder whether Lopez was negligent in allowing such a young child to be around such a hot bowl of beans. While Children, Youth, and Families Department investigators have been looking into the case for months, no charges have been filed and the case seems to be at a standstill. Lopez reopened her daycare in October. She says she has not had an incident at her daycare in 30 years and that it was an accident.
The Garcias are considering filing a daycare neglect civil suit if there are not any criminal charges.
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