Mother is left horrified when her 15-month-old daughter returns home from an Arizona preschool covered in 25 bite marks and claims cops have done nothing
- Alice Martin says she found bite injuries after collecting her toddler Rosalynn from Creative Beginnings Preschool in Tucson, Arizona February 26
- She claims bites all happened in one day and daycare didn't notify her
- Former Marine filed a police report for negligence against preschool accredited by the state and notified the Department of Health
- Police said the bites seem to be from another child and they're investigating
- Mother said it's 'stomach-turning' and she feels 'angry and sad' at the same time
- Martin said any child 'bitten that many times would be crying and very upset'
- She wondered if the children were left alone or if staff disregarded their cries
An Arizona mother is horrified after her 15-month-old daughter returned from daycare with at least 25 bite marks on her back and she claims nobody has done anything about for more than two months.
Former Marine Alice Martin says she found the injuries after collecting her toddler Rosalynn from Creative Beginnings Preschool in Tucson but she still doesn't know what happened.
Warning fellow parents against the place nearby where she's studying at University of Arizona, Martin shared how appalled she was at how her case against the preschool - which is part of an international organization and accredited by the state - has been handled.
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Alice Martin says she found bite injuries after collecting her toddler Rosalynn from Creative Beginnings Preschool in Tucson, Arizona February 26
Martin claims the bites all happened in one day and the daycare didn't notify her
'I filed a police report for negligence and notified the Department of Health who handles daycare accreditation, the case has is still under investigation,' she explained in a Sunday Facebook post. 'Neither department contacted me with updates, and I signed up for victim notification.
'They did not even call when it occurred, or notify me when I picked her up after work. All of these bites happened in one day.'
Martin - whose husband Justin is also a former Marine - told KOLD News 13 that she noticed the large red bumps when she was changing her daughter's clothes at home on February 26.
Police said the bites seem to be from another child and they're still investigating
Mother said it's 'stomach-turning' and she feels 'angry and sad' at the same time
'It's stomach-turning. It feels both angry and sad at the same time,' she said. 'At first, I was like "are those really bite marks?" And then, my brain kinda stopped thinking and I started crying.'
The Tucson Police Department Officer Raymond Smith said the bites seem to be from another child and that the TPD Child Physical Abuse Unit has been investigating.
No charges or arrests had been made by Monday and the preschool would not make a statement.
Martin said any child 'bitten that many times would be crying and very upset'
She wondered if the children were left alone or if Creative Beginning Preschool (pictured) staff disregarded their cries
'You always want to protect your children and I feel like that didn't happen,' Martin said. 'I feel like I left her with someone that didn't look out for her at all,' Martin told KOLD News 13.
She believes it's 'very unlikely' the daycare will face repercussions.
The Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) said they couldn't comment on pending investigations.
'Do I know what happened? No, but I know that a child getting bitten that many times would be crying and very upset,' Martin said.
'The fact that nobody intervened in how many minutes, maybe they were left alone, maybe they just disregarded the cries, I don't know. But it takes some time to do that kind of biting.'
It's the second 15-month-old reported this week to return home with bite marks.
Rocio Enriquez, of Maricopa, said an incident involving her daughter, Mila, took place on her second day at Sunrise Preschools last Thursday.
According to Enriquez and her husband, Rylee Umstead, school staff informed them that Mila was bitten 'just a couple of times' when they went to pick her up.
The day care is reviewing all of its policies and procedures 'to do everything possible to keep this from happening again'.
DailyMail.com did not immediately get a response for comment from Creative Beginnings Preschool.
Former Marine filed a police report for negligence against preschool accredited by the state and notified the Department of Health
Martin is married to fellow former Marine, Justin Martin, and she believes it's 'very unlikely' the daycare will face repercussions
