Wake Forest child care worker charged with child abuse
IN THAT CRASH, AGAIN, ALL LANES
ON MIAMI BOULEVARD RIGHT NOW
HAVE REOPENED. OK, BRIAN, THANK
YOU.
>> A CHILD CARE WORKER IS
CHARGED WITH ABUSING KIDS.
TWENTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD MALLORY
CAMPBELL IS ACCUSED OF INJURING
2 CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF
3 WHILE SHE WAS EMPLOYED AT THE
KINDER CARE IN WAKE FOREST
WRAL. SHAUN GALLAGHER WAS HAS
THE DETAILS ON WHAT HAPPENED
AND THE SEVERITY OF THOSE
INJURIES.
>> PARENTS OF CHILDREN WHO
ATTEND THIS KINDER CARE IN WAKE
FOREST FIRST LEARNED OF AN
INCIDENT INVOLVING A CHILD ON
AUGUST 20TH, BUT ONLY LEARNING
TODAY. IT'S ALSO WITH AN
EMPLOYEE BEING CHARGED IN NOT
ONE BUT 2 INCIDENTS. 23
YEAR-OLD MALLORY CAMPBELL IS
ACCUSED OF ABUSING 2 CHILDREN
UNDER THE AGE OF 3 AT THIS
KINDER CARE. COURT RECORDS
ACCUSE COUPLE OF CAUSING
ABRASIONS ON BOTH SIDES OF A 3
YEAR OLDS BACK AND BRUISING ON
BOTH SIDES OF A 15 MONTH-OLD
CHEST RIBS AND BACK I WANT TO
COUPLE'S HOME IN WAKE FOREST.
BUT NO ONE ANSWERED. UNNAMED
PARENT REACHED OUT TO WRAL.
THE SHOW US THESE 2 EMAILS.
THEY GOT THE FIRST ON AUGUST.
20TH ACKNOWLEDGING A CONCERN
WITH ONE CHILD BUT NEVER
ADDRESSING AN EMPLOYEE'S
INVOLVEMENT. CENTER DIRECTOR
KARI GOOD ALL SAYING I WANT YOU
TO KNOW THAT IF I EVER HAD ANY
CONCERNS ABOUT YOUR CHILD, I
WOULD NOTIFY YOU RIGHT AWAY
THAT UNNAMED PARENT NOW
QUESTIONS THAT IN A PHONE
CONVERSATION, THEY TELL ME IF
THE FIRST VIOLATION HAPPENED
IN APRIL, SHE SHOULD HAVE STILL
BEEN WORKING THERE. WAKE FOREST
POLICE SAY DURING THEIR
INVESTIGATION INTO THIS
INCIDENT, INVESTIGATORS LEARNED
OF A SEPARATE INCIDENT THAT
OCCURRED IN APRIL OF 2025.
WAKE FOREST DID NOT RESPOND
TO MY QUESTION ASKING FOR
CLARITY ON HOW THEY LEARNED OF
THAT INCIDENT AND THEN TODAY,
ANOTHER E-MAIL FROM KINDER
CARE. IT DOES NOT MENTION A
COUPLE IS ACCUSED OF DOING
THAT. SAYS THE NOW FORMER
TEACHER IN QUESTION WAS
ARRESTED AND THE ALLEGATIONS
AGAINST THIS TEACHER DID NOT
REFLECT THE HIGH STANDARDS WE
UPHOLD FOR ALL STAFF.
>> AND SAYING THE FACILITIES
LIVE FEED HAS BEEN TEMPORARILY
DISABLED TO ALLOW FOR POLICE
ACCESS. BUT TALKING TO THAT,
I'M A PARENT. THEY TOLD ME
WE'RE VERY ANGRY AND UPSET
THINGS LIKE THIS HAPPEN.
BUT THE COMMUNICATION WAS
INAPPROPRIATE. THAT PARENT
TELLS ME THEY'RE PULLING THEIR
CHILD OUT AND FINDING ANOTHER
CHILD CARE FACILITY AT SOME
POINT IN THE FUTURE. AND THE
STATEMENT TO PARENTS AS TEMPLE
WILL NEVER WORK AT THIS KINDER
CARE OR ANY OF ITS BRANDS EVER