COLORADO SPRINGS — A local daycare provider is behind bars in connection with the death of an infant. It happened February 5th on Widefield Drive in south Colorado Springs near Security-Widefield. The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office received a call about an unresponsive infant at the in-home daycare operated by 53-year-old Dana McNair. When first responders arrived, life-saving efforts were performed, but the baby later died at the hospital. McNair was arrested on 1 count of felony child abuse resulting in death and 16 counts of misdemeanor child abuse in connection to other children who were cared for at the facility. Investigators say McNair was not a licensed childcare provider.
