TYLER, Texas. ( KLTV /Gray News) - A day care worker in Texas admitted to assaulting six toddlers in her care more than 130 times over several months, according to authorities.

According to the arrest report, the investigation into Catherine Elizabeth Guziejka began when a coworker at Punkin’ Doodles Day Care in Lindale reviewed surveillance footage.

The document says the woman saw Guziejka on video kicking a 2-year-old boy in the small of his back. The worker reported the incident to the boy’s father, who contacted the Smith County Sheriff’s Office on Oct. 23, 2024.

A deputy began reviewing the footage at the day care, and the arrest reports document numerous incidents of very similar nature. In each, Guziejka delivers a swift kick to the lower back of a 2-year-old child, who then cr

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