I Came Home to Find My Daughter Locked in the Dog Cage—And the Babysitter Didn’t Even Blink

I was only gone two hours. Just enough time to run errands and finally pick up that birthday gift for my sister. The sitter, Kelsie, came highly recommended—quiet college student, early childhood education major, CPR certified, the whole checklist. I figured it’d be a chill afternoon.

But the second I stepped through the front door, something felt off.