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M.B. Mack

Autistic Child Suffocated to Death After Daycare Staff Held Him Down to 'Force Him to Sleep,' Lawsuit Claims

Conrad David Wade Ashcraft (Credit: Lacey Hardie / YouTube screenshot)

A Missouri daycare is under investigation after a lawsuit claimed staff members suffocated a nonverbal autistic toddler by using their bodies to force him to nap—leading to his death on May 16.

Conrad David Wade Ashcraft, 3, died while in the care of Poppy's Playhouse 2, a daycare facility in Park Hills, Missouri, according to First Alert 4. His family described him as a sweet, nonverbal child with autism.

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