A Philadelphia day care is currently under investigation following an incident in which workers lost track of a 6-month-old infant under their care.
The child was ultimately located after hours in the closed facility, discovered only when the father insisted on involving law enforcement and emergency responders
Fortunately, the infant was found asleep and unharmed.
Still, the concerning incident has raised questions about how the child went unnoticed. The father, Cameron Banks, and mother, Jessy Flores, are seeking answers.
The day was different than the last four months in that they had been taking the child to the facility for more reasons than one. It started with great excitement, according to the dad, because it was picture day, and this was his baby girl’s first Valentine’s shoot.
“Today was the day of picture day,” Banks said. “She had on her first Valentine’s Day onesie, her little heart tutu. It was just a relief to see that she was OK.”
But in a split second, things got dark.
The parents came to pick up their baby, Amora, from the New Arisens Childcare Solutions’ Feltonville location in North Philadelphia on Thursday, Feb. 1, around 5:30 p.m. When he arrived at the day care, it was closed for the day, and no one was there, despite the business hours claiming it closes at 6 p.m.
The mother said the couple banged on the door and rang the doorbell, but no one answered.
“Did somebody take her? Did they take her to a police district, or is my baby dead,” he said were the questions he asked, according to CBS News.
The father sprang into action, attempting to call all the numbers associated with the business in an effort to locate her daughter. But all was in vain. No one answered.
“I tried calling multiple different places,” Banks said. “They have another location, and I was getting voicemail. Nobody even knew where she was at.”
Her mother’s intuition told her that her child was still…
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