Sentenced: Tennessee Childcare Center Director Charged In Kentucky After Child Found Locked In Room

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A director of a Middle Tennessee childcare facility was arrested after deputies say they found her 4-year-old child alone and locked inside a Franklin, Kentucky bedroom.

Morgan Soper, director of KinderCare in Goodlettsville, and Johnathan Jenkins, the child’s father, were both charged with 89 counts of wanton endangerment, 89 counts of endangering the welfare of a minor and one count of criminal abuse of a child 12 or younger.

On Thursday, the Simpson County, Kentucky Sheriff’s Office responded for a welfare check. When deputies arrived, they found the child in the bedroom and discovered Soper and Jenkins had been leaving the child alone throughout the day for “quite some time,” deputies said.


KinderCare released a statement regarding the incident, saying Soper has been put on administrative leave following her arrest.

Sheriff Jere Dee Hopson released the following statement:

“The Simpson County Sheriff’s office received a call from a gentleman who was delivering a package and had actually gone to the wrong house. he made several attempts at the door to contact the people in the house when he discovered a young person that he described as approximately 3 years old beating on the window and crying. he thought it was peculiar. he called and upon investigation, he found the child had been left at the home alone and padlocked in the room.”

Tennessee childcare center director charged in Kentucky after child found locked in room

A man and a woman are facing more than seven dozen charges.

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Name:

SOPER, MORGAN BROOKE Probation (Regular)

Supervision Begin Date:	2/10/2025
Supervision End Date:	2/9/2030
Location:	Glasgow Office - Barren County

Name:

JENKINS, JOHNATHON LEE Active Inmate

Institution Start Date:	12/09/2024
Expected Time To Serve (TTS):	12/5/2030

Minimum Expiration of Sentence Date (Good Time Release Date): ?	12/05/2030
Parole Eligibility Date:	10/01/2027
Maximum Expiration of Sentence Date:	10/16/2033
Location:	Green River Corr. Complex