Child in day care dies after being bound with tape
Pastor Dale Morgan
Child in day care dies after being bound with tape*
POSTED: 2339 GMT (0739 HKT), May 19, 2007
Story Highlights
• Day care worker taped 2-year-old's hands, mouth, police say
• Woman was only worker in charge of eight children
• Toddler wouldn't settle down for nap time, arrest report says
TULSA, Oklahoma (AP) -- A day care worker was being held Saturday in the
death of a 2-year-old boy whose hands were bound and his mouth covered
with masking tape, police said.
The boy, who had been on life support, died late Thursday, Officer Jason
Willingham said.
Vicki Leigh Chiles was being held without bail on a complaint of
first-degree murder. She was the only worker at the facility at the
time, looking after eight children ages 7 and younger, Willingham said.
Chiles told police the boy would not be quiet for nap time, so she used
tape to silence him, an arrest report states.
Chiles told investigators she left the boy unattended for a few minutes
and came back to find him lying on the floor unresponsive, the report
states. She said she called for an ambulance and tried to perform CPR.
The state agency that oversees child day care operators was
investigating Chiles' business, said Mary Leaver, an agency spokeswoman.