Looking to catch abusers, ‘Harvey’s Law’ would require cameras in daycares

Trying to fight back tears, Catherine and Hunter Muklebust say their son could still be alive if cameras caught the woman charged with his murder committing a prior alleged act of abuse at a daycare.

In September 2025, first responders were called to Rocking Horse Ranch in Savage on a report that 11-month-old Harvey Muklebust was found unresponsive. He was pronounced dead at the hospital, police said. An 18-year-old employee of the daycare center has been charged in Muklebust’s death, and police say the employee admitted to choking the child.

Investigators believe this was not the only incident of abuse committed by the same employee, citing a similar 911 call made from the daycare three days prior to Muklebust’s death.

“Video footage would have answered all of the questions we had,” Catherine Muklebust testified before the House Children Families and Finance Policy Committee Tuesday.