SOUTHLAKE, Texas — Tiffany Young smiled as she described her daughter, and as a single mother, she takes protecting her seriously.

“Talkative. Bubbly. Light up the room. If you see her, you'll fall in love with her,” Tiffany Young said.

But the mother said those joyful memories are now clouded by heartbreak over what she says happened to her daughter at daycare in 2020.

“Heartbroken. Devastated. Betrayed. I mean, I sat there with my baby, and they assured me that she would be safe,” Tiffany Young said.

Young said she researched Lionheart Children’s Academy in Grapevine before enrolling her child — reading reviews, touring the facility, and speaking with staff. She even felt comfortable learning that the facility had cameras for staff to monitor the kids.

“I spoke with the director,"

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