GREENWOOD, Ind. A video inside a Greenwood childcare center shows a worker at the time slapping a 2-year-old boy across the face.

The incident happened on November 4, 2024, at the Kiddie Academy in Greenwood.

WRTV Investigates obtained the video through a public records request following the November 10 battery conviction and sentencing of former Kiddie Academy employee Joyce Perkins.

The video shows Perkins slapping Jessica Hills son, Jayden, who was 2 years old at the time.

Perkins was working as a floater, giving other child care workers a break.

After the slap, Perkins can be heard on video saying, Stop that, I had to, hell no.

Perkins then said to another employee, I had to smack him because he spit all in my face.

Perkins then grabbed Jayden by the shirt and pulled him out of

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