(KUTV) The parents of a toddler killed at a West Jordan daycare center Thursday say their son suffocated to death after an employee sat on the beanbag chair he was underneath. 
 
 Leo Sanchez, who would have turned two next week, crawled under a beanbag at West Jordan Child Center and was there when one of the workers sat on it to read stories to the other kids, said his mother Danielle Sanchez. 
 
 Police are reviewing surveillance video, which Sanchez said shows Leo climbing under the bag, where he was for five to 15 minutes before employees realized he was underneath. 
 
 "How could this happen?" Sanchez said. "He's a big boy. How did they lose track of him? Too many kids, too much noise, overwhelmed, a bad day ... Somebody dropped the ball and now we're going to have to bury a boy because of that." 
 
 Sgt. Joe Monson of the West Jordan Police Department called Leo's death a "very tragic, sad accident." 
 
 
 
 "No words adequately describe the depth of the sorrow we feel," the daycare center said in a statement released through an attorney. "And, of course, we do not pretend to understand how devastating this is for the family. We know the family well, we grieve with them, and we pray that God will provide them the comfort and peace they inevitably will need.” 
 
 
 
 The Department of Health is also investigating circumstances around the toddler's death and whether the care facility is operating under the proper license, a process which takes 30 days, said department spokesperson Tom Hudachko. 
 
 Hudachko said the daycare center has not had any reported, significant infractions over the past five years. 
 
 Leo would have turned two on Sept. 17, the day his parents now plan to hold his funeral. 
 
 "I dropped him off at daycare not realizing I would never be able to hold him again," Sanchez said, "or kiss him or have my Leo back." 
 
 Leo's father, Dan Sanchez, said something needs to change at the daycare and that other parents and caregivers should be aware that something like this could happen. 
 
 "Be aware," he said. "Have knowledge and some accountability." 
 
 Neighbors of the facility say they have noticed problems, including incidents of children not being properly supervised, in the past. 
 
 At least two parents of other children at the daycare say they have had concerns and are now trying to find alternative options for childcare. 
 
 
 
 

 Police say it appears the suffocation death of a 2-year-old boy at the West Jordan Child Center on Thursday was a tragic accident. 
 
 A review of video camera footage from the facility, at 7195 S. Redwood Road, reportedly showed the child playing with a bean bag before crawling underneath it about noon Thursday. It is estimated that the boy was under the bean bag for 10-15 minutes before staff discovered him, unconscious and not breathing. 
 
 CPR was performed on scene and the boy was rushed to Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City, where he was pronounced dead Thursday evening, police stated. 

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 WEST JORDAN, Utah -- A toddler suffocated at a daycare center in West Jordan Thursday when an employee accidentally sat on top of him, according to police. The accident occurred after the boy crawled underneath a bean bag chair. 
 
 The accident took place at West Jordan Child Center on Redwood Road. The victim, Leonardo Sanchez, would have turned 2 years old on September 17. 
 
 "He was a cute bundle of joy, he brought a lot of love," said Danielle Sanchez, Leonardo's mother. 
 
 Sanchez can't believe she will never tuck her son in with his favorite blanket ever again. She said her son was born to be the life of the party. 
 
 "Just always wanting to have a good time, he would take one little thing and turn it into an adventure," Sanchez said. 
 
 When she dropped Leonardo off at West Jordan Child Center Thursday morning, she could not have imagined it would be the last time she'd see him alive. 
 
 "It's a tragedy, it's a tragedy what happened," Sanchez said. "It's rough because you don't know when the last time is you are going to hold your child." 
 
 According to West Jordan Police, Leonardo was underneath a bean bag chair when a daycare employee accidentally sat on him while reading a book to the rest of the children. Police say he suffocated. 
 
 "It just baffles me, makes me wonder, she must not have felt him, she must not have heard him," Sanchez said. 
 
 Police are investigating video footage from inside the daycare. At this time, the employee is not facing any charges. 
 
 Sanchez believes this accident could have been prevented, and she is in the process of seeking legal representation. 
 
 "In my mind: My child is in your care, he suffocated under a bean bag, how does a 2-year-old, not even 2 yet, how does he get stuck under a bean bag? Something happened, I don't know what," Sanchez said. 
 
 The West Jordan Child Center released this statement: 
 
 “We regret deeply the tragic death of a young toddler at our daycare facility. No words adequately describe the depth of the sorrow we feel. And, of course, we do not pretend to understand how devastating this is for the family. We know the family well, we grieve with them, and we pray that God will provide them the comfort and peace they inevitably will need.” 
 
 Tom Hudachko, with the Utah Office of Children's Licensing, said this daycare has been in violation twice in the past five years. 
 
 One violation was for lack of supervision on their patio area, and the other time was for having a hole in the fence where a child could have escaped. They are currently investigating if any violations occurred during Leonardo's death. 
 
 A GoFundMe Page has been set up for the Sanchez family. 
 
 The family plans to hold Leonardo's funeral on his birthday. They are asking people to bring a birthday present, which will then be given to patients at a children's hospital. While the funeral will be open to members of the public, a specific time and location has not yet been determined.
– Leonardo Sanchez should be celebrating his second birthday on Saturday, but instead of a party, "I'm planning his funeral," his mom tells Utah's KSL. In what police are calling a "very tragic, sad accident," Leonardo was playing with other children at West Jordan Child Center in the Salt Lake City suburb Thursday when he crawled under a beanbag chair, reports the Salt Lake Tribune. An employee, apparently unaware, then sat on it to read to other kids, and employees found Leonardo unconscious 10 to 15 minutes later. He was given CPR before being rushed to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Police say he suffocated. "I'm so confused on how you don't know where my kid is," says mom Danielle Sanchez. "How do you not feel him? How do you not hear him scream?" "I dropped him off at daycare not realizing I would never be able to hold him again," Sanchez adds, per KUTV. "Somebody dropped the ball and now we're going to have to bury a boy because of that." In a statement, the daycare says "we regret deeply the tragic death of a young toddler at our daycare facility. ... We know the family well, we grieve with them, and we pray that God will provide them the comfort and peace they inevitably will need." A rep for the Utah Office of Children's Licensing says the daycare was cited twice in five years for a lack of supervision on its patio and for a hole in a fence through which a child could have escaped, reports Fox 13. An investigation is underway. (A baby girl died on her first day at daycare.)