it turns out they'd been investigating allegations of abuse and neglect at vicky childs' center for year. for slapping a child in the head, kicking a child in the back, leaving children unattended and unsupervised. yet she was allowed to continue to operate a day care center. >> we didn't know anything about it. >> reporter: not only that, the mintons were surprised to learn that the state of oklahoma knew vicky childs already had some run-ins with the law including a conviction for tax evasion. yet they licensed her anyway. and they never disclosed that information to any of the parents because even more surprising, in most states, information about child care workers' criminal records is kept confidential. >> we were trusting the state to, you know, make sure that this was a good working facility. >> reporter: but that trust was misplaced. >> childs told officer that she bound his hands with duct tape, then taped his mouth. >> reporter: vicky childs told police joshua wouldn't settle down for his nap that day. believe it or not, she said she bound and gagged him as a last resort becaus

here is this woman vicky childs with a criminal past running a daycare center.fact, when the little boy joshua died police were coming to the daycare center to arrest her on a separate case. so if you suspect anything i think in hindsight the parents in that case would say he was acting out, different, if you see any changes in behavior, you know, you have to pull the kid out. you can't risk something like that. and states quite honestly according to the advocates we talked to in the story need to do more thorough background checks. >> all right. chris hansen, thank you. >>> and watch the full hansen files investigation on daycare providers coming up tonight on "dateline friday" right here on nbc 4 at 10:00 tonight. >>> when we come right back, "the washington post" food critic tom sietsema takes us to a germantown restaurant. >>> i'm liz crenshaw. what does it mean to get an instant refund for your tax return? that's the question and the answer is comin >>> this is henriville, indiana. devastation. the damage there you see from the chopper, live pictures from a

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>>vicki: a soccer coach has been charged with 12 counts of child abuse.stigators say he had an inappropriate relationship with a 13 year-old girl. reggie kumar has details. >> investigators say they were tipped off by the victim's father who became suspicious of the coach earlier this month after noticing it inappropriate relationship between his daughter into the 36 year- old coach. the 13 year-old was on a team with other girls ranging in age from 11-13 through the west valley youth soccer league in cupertino. this is the organization's web site. of his face the page friday afternoon, there were close attacking his character. >> he does have a prior domestic violence charge of his record. after meeting for the team, the two of them developed a friendship that progressed with abusive sexual relationship in october of 2011 and was on going for the last several months. excellent work by the detectives. they were able to get some even occasions and other digital evidence to help explain the relationship and help uncover the abuse. we do not have any specifi