Grei Méndez, the daycare manager, her husband, Félix Herrera García, and a cousin and tenant, Carlisto Acevedo Brito, are charged with murder, involuntary manslaughter, criminal possession of controlled substances, assault and endangering the welfare of a child.
On September 15, Nicholas Dominici, almost 1 year old, and three other children suffered a fentanyl overdose when they were at the daycare center, in the care of Grei Méndez.
Bronx County Prosecutor Darcel Clark said: “I am going to handle this case personally. These children will be as if they were my own.”
Our reporter Joaquín Torres, from Univision 41, indicated that the Prosecutor’s Office still has a week to present all the evidence and the trial is expected to begin on December 19. The defendants, who will return to court on November 27, are returned to federal custody as they also face federal charges.
Authorities found “secret door” in the daycare that hid fentanyl and other drugs
Days after Nicholas Dominici’s death, the NYPD continued its investigations, and after receiving a tip, they broke up the floor in the daycare’s play area. There they discovered a secret compartment of fentanyl and other drugs, as well as tools to process them.
New York Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan explained that children were poisoned by fentanyl “through inhalation, ingestion or contact with the skin.”
In addition to Dominici, two other children were hospitalized and one of them was in critical condition. And a third responded satisfactorily to Narcan, an emergency medication that counteracts the effects of overdose.
Grei Méndez’s husband was captured in Sinaloa, Mexico
More than a week after the incident, Félix Herrera García was arrested in Mexico. The suspect was in Sinaloa, the place where one of the criminal cartels that does the most damage to the United States operates, sending a drug that kills children, young people and adults.
Nothing will bring my child back to me, says Nicholas Dominici’s father
Otoniel Feliz, father of the child Nicholas Dominici, appeared before the press after prosecutor Darcel Clark and assured that the “Divino Niño” daycare center was recommended to him. He even saw an inspector the day he took his son for the first time.
“I understand that justice will be done, but everything that is done, everything possible, is not going to give me my child back,” she said.
She noted that her son only spent five days in daycare. “I was hoping in about four years to have a photo of his kindergarten graduation, but unfortunately, what I have is a photo to remember him by,” she said through tears.
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