An evening at the park took a scary turn Thursday night in LaVista. Kelsey Burcaw and her fiancé took their children to Triangle Park near 78th and Josephine.
As her 2 and 5 year old kids climb through one of the playground tubes, Burcaw saw something was not right.
"I noticed as they crawled through that tunnel that a piece on top of the tube moved which had to mean something was inside of it, so I went to parent mode," Burcaw told 6 News. "When I went over there I found a knife set across the top sticking down into the tube."
She says while they were not hurt by the butterfly knife, Burcaw believes it was put there to do harm.
“I immediately was just blown away that someone would do this. It’s disturbing and disgusting, especially to target children who don’t know any better,” she told 6 News. "My 2 year-old could have picked it up and just now known."
She wants the person responsible to come forward. “I definitely want to know who did it. It’s not okay and if my girls would have been harmed it would have been really upsetting."
La Vista Police said they found more than the butterfly knife. “There was a mask that was left at the scene along with a pocket knife,” says La Vista Police Chief Bob Lausten. “This is absolutely ridiculous and idiotic. Why someone would want to do something like that, with the potential to injure a child intentionally, makes absolutely no sense."
Burcaw is thankful her kids are okay, and she’s urging other parents to always be aware of their surroundings.
“Check the playground before your kids play. This is something I never would have thought to do before this happened to us but definitely check the playground. That’s just what kind of time we’re living in,” she said.