(FOX40.COM) — The Modesto Police Department is investigating an infant who died at a licensed daycare on Friday.
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According to MPD, officers responded to a licensed daycare in the 2300 block of Merlin Lane on Wednesday afternoon regarding a 4-month-old boy not breathing. When officers arrived, they found an adult on-scene providing CPR to the infant.
The police said officers took over CPR until Manteca Fire and medics arrived and took over. The infant was transported to a local hospital and later transferred to Oakland Children’s Hospital, where he died from his injuries.
MPD stated there were no signs of trauma and the cause of the death is pending autopsy results.
MPD said at the time of the original call, officers determined the owner of the licensed daycare, Roxanne Helus, was intoxicated. She was arrested for Felony Child Endangerment, booked into San Joaquin County Jail and later was bailed out.
However, due to the infant’s death, the department will be adding further charges, such as causing death to a child under the age of 8.
The police said there were four adults and three other daycare children at the scene. The other children were checked and unharmed.
Manteca Detectives were called and are continuing the investigation. California Community Care Licensing, the agency that has jurisdiction over licensed daycare facilities in California, was contacted and responded to assist in the investigation.
Any person with information about this case or that may be helpful to this case is encouraged to
call the Manteca Police Department at 209-456-8101 to provide a statement. The case number is
25-04723.
Adoreil Ayoubgoulan
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