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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Victoria Bekiempis

New York City daycare owner charged with murder after infant overdose death

A NYPD police cruiser.
A one-year-old child died and three other children were suspected to be sickened by fentanyl. Photograph: Kyle Mazza/Sopa Images/Shutterstock

A Bronx daycare owner was jailed on a count of depraved indifference murder as well as drug charges on Saturday after a one-year-old infant died from apparent fentanyl poisoning on her watch, according to officials.

Three other children – an eight-month-old girl and a pair of two-year-old boys – also appeared to have been sickened by the potent, synthetic opioid, authorities said.

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