Fayetteville woman was keeping 26 children at time of girl's drowning
APPEARANCE TOMORROW AS VIGILS
AT 2.30 AT THE SOUTHPORT
WATERFRONT FROM 2.30, UNTIL
3.30, A FAYETTEVILLE WOMAN
CHARGED WITH RUNNING AN
UNLICENSED DAYCARE WHERE A
CHILD DROWNED.
>> APPEARED IN COURT THIS
AFTERNOON. TODAY. PROSECUTORS
REVEALED 26 CHILDREN WERE IN
THE HOME AND THE IN-HOME CENTER
ON LOCKERBIE COURT WHEN A ONE
YEAR-OLD DIED LAST MONTH.
WRAL'S WHEN SNYDER HAS THE
GROWING DEMAND FOR ANSWERS FROM
THE CHILD'S MOTHER.
>> THIS IS HER HALLOWEEN PJ'S
AND EVERYTHING. JUST KIND OF
WHERE GINGER COLDER REMEMBERS
HER ONE YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER
GIANNA'S FAVORITE THINGS.
HE WAS ALWAYS A HAPPY BABY TO
LOVE, GETTING PAID THE THAT
GIRL LIKE TO EAT HER MEMORIES
TURNED TO GRIEF AFTER
EXPERIENCING EVERY PARENT'S
WORST NIGHTMARE OUT WITH THAT
WAY. IT ACTS LIKE A REGULAR
DAY THEM SPY. MY HUSBAND CAME
TO MY JOB. HE TOLD ME THAT.
I DO. AND I AND I BOW DOWN INTO
THIS COLDER SAYS GIANNA DROWNED
IN A POOL AT THIS IN-HOME
DAYCARE LAST MONTH,
FAYETTEVILLE POLICE ARRESTED
MELISSA ORTIZ FIKES WHO RAN
THE CENTER AND REVEALED THAT
FACILITY WAS UNLICENSED.
ONE OF THE WORKERS WAS OUTSIDE.
SHE TOOK HER EYESIGHT FROM
CHANGING FOR 2 MINUTES. AND
THAT'S HOW SHE GOT IN THE POOL.
IT DON'T MAKE SENSE FOR WRAL'S
KEELY. ARTHUR WENT TO THE
IN-HOME DAYCARE ARE WONDERING
WHY YOU'RE OPERATING A DAY CARE
WITHOUT A LICENSE.
A WOMAN WHO SAID SHE LIVED AT
THE HOUSE REFUSED TO ANSWER
OUR QUESTIONS. REPRESENTATIVE
FROM HIS OFFICE FLAKES APPEARED
IN COURT FRIDAY CHARGED WITH 3
COUNTS OF PROVIDING CHILD CARE
WITHOUT A LICENSE. PROSECUTORS
REVEALED 26 KIDS WERE AT THE
HOME WHEN GIANNA DIED. THEY
SAY FIGHTS CONTINUED OPERATING
THE DAYCARE.
>> EVEN AFTER THE DROWNING
AFTER LACI, THE MONSTER.
>> YOU MUST HAVE BECAUSE YOU
STILL RANK A DAYCARE LIKE IT
WAS NORMAL. YOU DIDN'T INFORM
THE PARENTS THAT.
A WAR HERO DIED IN YOUR HOUSE.
THEN I MADE A COLLAGE OF HER IN
ANYTHING FOR HER SAYS MY
BIRTHDAY. THE MOTHER NOW
DEMANDING ANSWERS AS SHE SEEKS
TO HOLD THOSE ACCOUNTABLE FOR
HER DAUGHTER'S DEATH INSIDER
WRAL NEWS.
>> JUST SO TERRIBLY SAD.
CALDER BELIEVES SHE DID ALL
THAT SHE COULD TO VET THE
DAYCARE PARENTS CAN VIEW
RECORDS FOR ALL LICENSED CHILD
CARE FACILITIES ON THE STATE'S
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES WEBSITE. FIKES IS