GET
GET CLEAR
GET CLEAR THE
SIX
SIX YEAR
SIX YEAR OLD AN APPOINTMENT IN COLORADO SPRINGS AFTER STEVE TWEETED
ABOUT OUR SITUATION A HEALTHY
BABY GIRL DIED AT AN UNLICENSED
DAYCARE IN PARKER NEARLY SIX
MONTHS LATER HER FAMILY IS
STILL WITHOUT ANSWERS ON HOW
SHE DIED.
THE WOMAN CARING FOR ELLIE
MATHEWS AT THAT DAYCARE WAS
THE ONLY ADULT TAKING CARE OF
SEVENTEEN CHILDREN THAT DAY
THAT SHE DIED IN AUGUST.
TWENTY TWENTY TONIGHT
NINE WANTS TO KNOW
INVESTIGATIVE INVESTIGATOR
KEVIN VAUGHN LOOKS INTO
THE CHARGES SHE IS NOW FACING
AND THE LINGERING QUESTIONS
ABOUT LEE'S DEATH.
THERE'S NOTHING LIKE A JOYFUL
BABY, NOTHING AT ALL AND SHE
WAS SUPER HAPPY, SUPER HEALTHY
.
THE EMOTION IN KELSEY MATTHEWS
VOICE WAS BECAUSE OF WHAT
HAPPENED TO HER DAUGHTER
IN-HOME DAY CARE .
IT WAS A REGULAR MORNING SHE
DROPPED OFF THREE MONTH OLD
EARLY WITH THE DAYCARE PROVIDER
AMANDA ANDERSON.
WE TRUSTED HER TO DO THE RIGHT
THING AND TAKE CARE OF OUR
CHILD.
THEN I GOT A PHONE CALL AND IT
WAS TO ME HER IN THE EMERGENCY
ROOM AND THEY PULLED BACK
THE CURTAIN THE AND THERE WAS
HER LITTLE BODY LAYING ON A BIG
STANDARD BED AND SHE WAS IN HER
DIAPER AND I COULD JUST TELL
THAT SHE WAS ALREADY DEAD.
HOW IN THE WORLD DOES A
SEEMINGLY HEALTHY BABY JUST DIE
?
THERE WAS NOTHING THAT WE KNEW
OF THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED HER
TO PASS.
ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS,
ANDERSON SAID SHE PUT ELLIE
DOWN FOR A NAP AND RETURNED
LATER TO FIND HER UNRESPONSIVE.
THE CAUSE OF DEATH UNDETERMINED
BUT SUFFOCATION IN SOFT BEDDING
COULD NOT BE RULED.
EVERYBODY THAT WE TALKED TO YOU
HAD POSITIVE EXPERIENCES WITH
HER.
KELSEY THAT ANDERSON CAME
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED EVEN THOUGH
SHE WASN'T LICENSED.
SHE GAVE US WHAT WE FELT LIKE
AT THE TIME WHERE VALID REASONS
FOR FOR HER NOT WANTING TO BE
LICENSED.
BUT WHILE KELSEY AND HER
HUSBAND KNEW ANDERSON WASN'T
LICENSED, THERE WAS PLENTY THEY
DIDN'T KNOW DOCUMENTS OBTAINED
BY WANTS TO KNOW SHOW
COLORADO'S OFFICE OF EARLY
CHILDHOOD REPEATEDLY ORDERED
ANDERSON TO STOP PROVIDING
UNLICENSED CHILD CARE BECAUSE
SHE WAS TAKING IN TOO MANY KIDS
FROM TOO MANY FAMILIES FOR
ORDERS BETWEEN 2014 AND 2020.
ON THE DAY ELLIE DIED, ANDERSON
WAS THE ONLY ADULT CARING FOR
SEVENTEEN CHILDREN THREE
OF THEM INFANTS, FIVE MORE WHO
WERE YOUNGER THAN TWO.
HOW HOW WE DON'T SEE THAT MANY
PARENTS WHEN WE DROP OFF WE
DON'T SEE THAT MANY PARENTS
WHEN WE PICK UP.
THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT THERE
WERE THAT MANY KIDS IN
THE HOUSE ORDERED TO CLOSE
AGAIN AFTER ELLIE DIED A WEEK
LATER, SHERIFF'S DEPUTY STILL
SAW PARENTS DROPPING OFF KIDS
AT ANDERSON'S HOUSE AND A MONTH
AFTER THAT WHEN SHERIFF'S
DEPUTIES WENT TO ANDERSON'S NEW
HOME TO A RESTAURANT ELLIE'S
DEATH SHE WAS STILL PROVIDING
CARE TO UNRELATED CHILDREN.
NOW SHE FACES CHARGES INCLUDING
CHILD ABUSE KNOWINGLY OR
RECKLESSLY CAUSING DEATH.
WE WANTED TO ASK ADMINISTRATORS
THE OFFICE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD,
PART OF THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT
OF HUMAN SERVICES WHY MORE
WASN'T DONE TO STOP REPEAT
VIOLATORS LIKE ANDERSEN.
THEY REFUSED TO ANSWER OUR
QUESTIONS ON CAMERA.
I THINK IT SPEAKS TO THE LAKSA
DESPICABLE NATURE.
UNFORTUNATELY AT TIMES OF THE
GOVERNMENT ENTITY THAT GOVERN
THESE PRACTICES.
BUT KELLY GARCIA BRO A FORMER
CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES
CASEWORKER INVESTIGATOR
SUPERVISOR LAMENTED THE LACK
OF FOLLOW UP AFTER ALL THOSE
ORDERS DELIBERATE NEGLIGENCE
AND INCREDIBLY RECKLESS AND
EGREGIOUS AND 17 KIDS IN
THE HOME.
I'M DISGUSTED THAT'S DANGEROUS
WHEN THERE IS GROSS MISCONDUCT,
HOW CHILDREN ARE CARED FOR, IT
PUTS CHILDREN AT RISK OF HARM
AND POTENTIALLY A FATALITY.
TODAY ELLIE'S ASHES REST ON A
SHELF SURROUNDED BY ANGELS
PICTURES AND CELL PHONE VIDEOS
TO HELP YOU REMEMBER THE SHORT
HAPPY LIFE OF THIS LITTLE GIRL
AMANDA ANDERSON IS DUE BACK IN
COURT FRIDAY.
WE'VE TRIED REACHING OUT TO HER
BUT SO FAR SHE HASN'T RESPONDED
TO OUR MESSAGES.
WE'RE ALSO AWAITING DOCUMENTS
FROM THE STATE THAT WE EXPECT
TO SHED MORE LIGHT ON
THE PROBLEM OF PEOPLE WHO
REPEATEDLY