An Arkansas mother is pushing for a 'child abuse registry' to be implemented in her home state to protect other families from the 'monster nanny' who terrorized her child and may now be free to harm others. Whitney Matney, a 28-year-old lawyer from Springdale, Arkansas, went through every parent's worst nightmare in 2012 when, using a hidden camera, she caught her former-nanny Melissa Medema violently shaking and spanking her screaming one-year-old daughter Raylee. Melissa, also based in Springdale, was arrested and as part of a plea deal was sentenced to 90 days in jail and three years probation, after which she can have her record expunged and her past buried.
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Nanny Melissa Medema was caught on a hidden camera spanking and shaking one-year-old Raylee Matney 'like a rag doll' in 2012
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She pleaded guilty to endangering the welfare of a minor in 2014 and was sentenced to 90 days in jail and three years probation
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Since it was her first-time offence, Melissa can have her record expunged in 2017, meaning other families could hire her without knowing her past
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Lawyer mom Whitney Matney is pushing a bill for a 'child abuse registry' in Arkansas so that offenders stay on a public record
Nanny-cam: A device similar to the one @placeholder used to record the incriminating footage