Nanny Caught on Camera Hitting Special Needs Child, Says Parents

The family of a two-year-old special needs child in Los Angeles says it caught their nanny abusing the boy while watching it live on their nanny cam.
 
CBS Los Angeles reports police responded immediately to the parents’ concerns and arrested the nanny, Thelma Manalastas.
 
Landon Ko suffers from Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome.
 
“He’s not verbal. He’s already blind in one eye. And he’s 100 percent fed by a feeding tube,” said Landon’s father Chris.
 
Mom Dyana Ko decided to look on her phone to check on the boy. That’s when she saw the whole incident live via their nanny cam.
 
“I told the other moms. I said I think I see my special needs baby being abused. I think I’m going to pass out,” Ko said.
 
The parents say their caretaker appears to at first use her hand to strike their boy, then later rolls up a magazine to hit Landon.
 
Both Dyana and Chris called 911 while racing home.
 
Manalastas has been terminated by the agency she works for, Maxim Healthcare Services.
 

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