carrie hepner is a spokesperson for the department of family and child services.ed that having committed a crime doesn't automatically disqualify a person from child care. these are crime scene photo from the battery case. i showed her proof of van cleave's history of violence, pictures of her boyfriend after she beat him on the head with a blunt instrument in front of his own daughter. >> as heinous as this might look, and it does, depending on how that offense was dispositioned, it may not necessarily automatically be a disqualifying offense. >> reporter: in other words, there are ways to make one's past invisible. in melissa van cleave's case, she made a deal pleading no contest in exchange for having the charge reduced from battery to disorderly conduct. so when the state licenses agency ran a background check, there were no red flags. >> if you were to ask me if i think parents knew this, i would say no. they see a license on the wall and they assume that everything is good that the individuals have been screened to the highest standards. >> reporter: that ma