Investigators received a video showing a day care worker at Blessings by Day putting a 13-month-old baby down for a nap. The sheriff's office determined the worker was using excessive force, pushing the child onto a cot with a hard frame multiple times and forcibly striking the baby in the back multiple times. The sheriff's office said the worker was Christa Walker Castelberry.
Elizabeth Kasi Payne, the day care manager, was informed of an injury to the child's eye, but investigators said she failed to report the injury to law enforcement or DHR.
Castleberry, 26, is charged with torture/willful abuse of a child, non-family, and Payne, 29, is charged with failure to report as a mandatory reporter.
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