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TODAY IN THE DEATH
OF A LOUISVILLE
TODDLER FOUND IN A
HOT VEHICLE.
THE KENTUCKY
CABINET FOR HEALTH
AND FAMILY SERVICES
HAS SHUT DOWN THE
LIL KINGS AND
QUEENS FACILITY...
TWO DAYS AFTER THE
BOY WAS FOUND
DEAD IN ONE OF ITS
VEHICLES OUTSIDE AN
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
JENNIFER PALUMBO
JOINS US WITH THE
NEW INFORMATION...
JENNIFER?
POLICE SAY A
DAYCARE EMPLOYEE
WAS DRIVING THE
VEHICLE MONDAY
AFTERNOON WHEN
TWO-YEAR-OLD
LAVONTAE SWAIN
WAS FOUND
UNRESPONSIVE... AND
HE'D BEEN THERE FOR
FOUR HOURS. HIS
MOTHER SAYS HER
AUNT OWNS THE
DAYCARE THAT WAS
IN CHARGE OF
WATCHING THE BOY.
AN EMPLOYEE AT THE
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
NOTICED THE BOY IN
THE BACK SEAT IN THE
CARPOOL LANE.
LAVONTAE WAS GIVEN
CPR BUT WAS
PRONOUNCED DEAD
AT THE SCENE.
AN AUTOPSY
SHOWED HE DIED OF
HYPOTHERMIA.
TODAY, THE CABINET
FOR HEALTH AND
FAMILY SERVICES
ANNOUNCED AN
EMERGENCY
SUSPENTION OF LIL'
KINGS AND QUEENS
CHILD CARE LICENSES.
AN INVESTIGATION
SHOWS THE DRIVER
PICKED UP LAVONTAE
FROM HIS HOME BUT
NEVER TOOK HIM TO
THE DAYCARE AS
PLANNED.
IN A STATEMENT,
CABINET SECRETARY
VICKIE YATES BROWN
GLISSON SAID "OUR
THOUGHTS AND
PRAYERS ARE WITH
THE LITTLE BOY'S
FAMILY..." SHE
ALSO SAID "ENSURING
THE SAFETY AND
WELLBEING OF
KENTUCKY'S MOST
VULNERABLE CITIZENS
IS OUR HIGHEST
PRIORITY AND WE
WILL NOT HESITATE
TO TAKE ACTION
AGAINST FACILITIES
THAT PLACE CHILDREN
IN HARM'S WAY."
LIL' KINGS AND
QUEENS OPERATES
TWO DAYCARES IN
LOUISVILLE... BOTH
WILL REMAIN CLOSED
UNTIL THE STATE
FINISHES ITS
INVESTIGATION.
THE
COMMONWEALTH'S
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
WILL ALSO LOOK INTO
LAVONTAE'S DEATH
TO DETERMINE
WHETHER CHARGES
WILL BE FILED
AGAINST THE DRIVER.
AT THE LIVE DESK,
JENNIFER PALUMBO,
WKYT.
THE KENTUCKY
CABINET FOR HEALTH
AND FAMILY SERVICES
HAS INVESTIGATED
THE DAYCARE
SEVERAL TIMES.
THE MOST RECENT
COMPLAINT
INVESTIGATION WAS
SIX MONTHS AGO
WHEN THE STATE
FOUND THE FACILITY
FAILED TO MAINTAIN
ADEQUATE
SUPERVISION IN
ACCORDANCE WITH
REGULATIONS.