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It’s never easy to leave your young child in the care of another person, but many people have to do it. Finding a good babysitter is just as stressful as leaving your child with them and so when Benjamin and Hope Jordan hired a woman to watch their newborn in the comfort of their home, they thought they had a good thing going.
The young couple were living in Charleston, South Carolina when they found twenty two year old Alexis Khan to care for Finn, their 7-month old son. She passed a background security check and seemed nice, responsible, and well spoken. Every weekday morning she would arrive promptly at their house before they headed out to work and stayed until they returned home in the afternoon. At first everything seemed to be going really well, there were no issues and the couple grew to trust Alexis. But at the five month point, things began to change.
The parents noticed that their dog Killian, a Labrador Retriever-German Shepherd mix, started to act very aggressive towards Alexis. He would growl and take up a protective stance, placing his body between her and Finn, whenever she came in the door. A couple of times the couple even had to hold Killian back because he would start going towards Alexis as if he was going to attack her.
They didn’t take the sudden change in their dog’s behavior lightly and knew something was wrong. Killian was normally a very sweet, friendly dog who had never acted so defensively towards anyone before. Instead of ignoring him, Benjamin and Hope decided to hide an iPhone under the living room couch to record what was going on while they were gone. They thought that maybe it would help shed light on why their dog hated the babysitter.
When they got home and checked the recording, they were shocked at what they heard. It started off with Alexis yelling and swearing at Finn while he cried. Their surprise quickly changed to horror when they heard slapping noises and their son crying out in obvious pain. From there it only got worse when they heard what seemed to be shaking sounds and after that they immediately brought their baby to the hospital to have him checked out. Shaking a baby can easily cause serious, permanent injuries or even death and they couldn’t rest until they knew Finn was okay.
Thankfully he was okay, and the abuse was reported to the police who investigated the babysitter. At first, she denied any wrongdoing but when they played the recording, she finally confessed to what she had done. After pleading guilty she was convicted of child abuse and sentenced to 3 years in jail but got released early on parole after serving just one year. Alexis also had to register with the child abuse registry which bars her from ever working with children again.
Killian ended up saving the day, and potentially even Finn’s life, thanks to his change in behavior. If he hadn’t been so aggressive and adamant, perhaps Benjamin and Hope would not have noticed or looked into Alexis. The dog isn’t done yet either, he ended up being trained to be a psychiatric service animal, which he is probably wonderful at!
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