Child dies after drinking whiskey; grandmother, mom jailed
A 4-year-old girl is dead after her grandmother allegedly forced her to drink a bottle of whiskey while her mother watched, Baton Rouge Police said.
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5ds agoA 4-year-old girl is dead after her grandmother
allegedly forced her to drink a bottle of whiskey while her mother
watched, Baton Rouge Police said.
Sgt.
L’Jean McKneely, a police spokesperson, told news outlets the little
girl’s grandmother, Roxanne Record, 53, and mother, Kadjah Record, 29,
were arrested Friday, each on a charge of first-degree murder. It was
unknown if either of them had an attorney who could speak on their
behalf.
Officers
were sent to a Baton Rouge home around 11 a.m. Thursday after reports of
an unresponsive child. The child, 4-year-old China Record, was
pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
The
East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner’s Office said an autopsy showed a cause
of death was acute alcohol poisoning. The little girl had a
blood-alcohol level of .680%, more than eight times the .08% driving
limit for an adult, authorities said.
While
investigating, detectives say they learned the victim’s grandmother
forced her to drink a bottle of the alcohol while the mother watched.
The investigation remains ongoing.
