Parents and police are investigating a bizarre outbreak of violent diarrhea and stomach distress among toddlers at a St. Charles, Illinois, daycare after officials allege a daycare worker gave children chewable laxatives disguised as candy.
After reports of the children’s distress, police say they confirmed multiple children had been given those chewable laxatives while in the care of a single teacher at the facility. Authorities have now identified 23‑year‑old Yizel J. Juarez of Sycamore, Illinois, as the suspected daycare worker who allegedly passed off the laxatives to the toddlers.
