A former Missouri daycare worker is facing murder charges for the suffocation death of 3-year-old Conrad Ashcraft, a nonverbal autistic child. KSDK reported that on Thursday, a grand jury indicted Tiffany Hedrick, 40, who worked at Poppy’s Playhouse in Park Hills, on second-degree murder, child abuse resulting in death, and armed criminal action. She is …
A nonprofit advocacy group is pushing for legislation that would mandate cameras in all public daycare centers in Missouri, following the death of an autistic child. The Uvalde Foundation for Kids said it to apply the proposal to licensed daycare facilities across the state. Known as Conrad’s Law, the legislation is in connection with the …
A Missouri mother is taking legal action against a local daycare following the death of her 3-year-old son. Parent Tara Williams filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Poppy’s Playhouse on behalf of her son, Conrad Ashcraft, alleging that the day care knowingly approved of a technique used by an employee that led to the child’s …
