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Mother calls police after 2-year-old child is locked inside daycare alone

MEMPHIS, Tenn. –Memphis Police were called to a local daycare after a child was left inside and in the dark.

The Discovery Zone Learning Center is located in the 1600 block of Bonnie Lane in Cordova.

A mother told police she went to pick up her baby just before 9:45 p.m. Monday when she noticed the business was empty.

She said the doors were locked and her two-year-old son was alone inside.

According to the website, the center is suppose to be open until 2 a.m.

Police had to force their way into the facility.

The child’s grandmother said the boy was obviously upset, “I’m really upset because he could get into anything, he’s a two year old and you should never leave a two-year-old unattended. It’s bothering me and I’m so upset.”

WREG Consumer Investigator Zaneta Lowe said there have been ten violations at the center since 2014.

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