Des Plaines Daycare Scandal: Two Workers at A Mother’s Touch Charged with Child Battery

In Des Plaines, Illinois, two childcare employees are currently under scrutiny, facing several charges due to accusations of child abuse at a local daycare facility.

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The investigation, led by Des Plaines police in conjunction with the Department of Children and Family Services, was initiated in November concerning A Mother’s Touch Daycare.

The inquiry began on November 20 when a concerned parent reported an incident involving their child being sprayed with water to the daycare’s management.

Upon reviewing their surveillance recordings, the daycare took immediate action by suspending Jessica Murillo and Izabella Thompson, according to police reports.

Further examination of the footage revealed that these workers allegedly mistreated at least seven young boys, aged between 4 and 5, over a period of two weeks.

On Nov. 24, the directors and some of the parents filed a formal police report.

Nearly three months later, Murillo and Thompson were formally charged.

Murillo, 37 of Morton Grove, is facing three felony charges for aggravated battery and 12 misdemeanor counts.

She is accused of striking a child with a notebook, dragging a 4-year-old boy by his foot and causing him to hit his head on the ground, and also hitting a child with an open hand multiple times.

Thompson, 23 of Chicago, is facing four misdemeanor counts for battery.

Murillo is due in court on Wednesday. Thompson is due in court on March 30.

Des Plaines police said the day care was cooperative throughout the investigation.