Editor's note: This clip is from July 28, 2025

PARK HILLS, Mo. - A nonprofit group has yet to receive a response from Missouri State Attorney General Andrew Bailey regarding Conrad's Law, a bill aimed at enhancing daycare safety in Missouri.

Conrad's Law, drafted in May, was named after 3-year-old Conrad Ashcraft, who died at Poppy's Playhouse in Park Hills on May 16.

The bill seeks to prevent similar incidents by mandating safety measures in daycare centers.

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According to the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Conrad died after a caregiver held him down at nap time and laid him under an 18-pound weighted blanket. Conrad was left in a secluded hallway and was not discovered until his mother arriv

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