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Judith Katz, the owner of Minee Subee, the Lincolnshire day care center where a worker allegedly accidentally killed a child, has been charged with obstruction of justice in connection with the case. Melissa Calusinski is the employee charged in the death of 16-month old Benjamin Kingan who died when Calusinski allegedly threw him to the ground. Investigators say Katz told employees to say there were two adults present when the accident occurred when Calusinski was actually alone, which violates Illinois Department of Children and Family Services requirements; Katz's lawyer maintains she is innocent. Calusinki was eventually charged with first-degree murder and Minee Subee was shut down. [WBBM]

It's almost a cliche: a person is accused of a heinous crime and people come out of the woodwork to tell media that, "that doesn't sound like the person we know. And it's holding true today. Friends and neighbors of Melissa Calusinski, the 22-year-old day care center aide accused of first degree murder in the death of 16-month-old Benjamin Kingan, said that Calusinski was a hard working young woman who spoke of how she loved children.