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The owner of a day care in Manteca has been arrested in connection with a 5-month-old infant’s death while he was under her care, officials said Monday.Roxanne Helus, owner of the Cherished Years Daycare that is run at her home along the 2300 block of Merlin Lane, faces a charge of felony child endangerment, the Manteca Police Department said. The agency plans to file additional charges, which would include causing death to a child under 8 years old.Police said at 1:25 p.m. on Oct. 22, officers went to the day care for a report of an infant not breathing. There, they found an adult at the scene providing CPR to the infant, later identified as Christian Olvera.Officers took over CPR until the Manteca Fire Department and medics arrived to also perform CPR, police said. Christian was taken to a nearby hospital and was later transferred to Oakland Children’s Hospital, where he died on Oct. 24.Police said there were no signs of trauma, and Christian’s cause of death will be determined by the results of an autopsy.”We hear about this happening all the time, and you never think it’s going to happen to you,” said Christian’s aunt, Erica Valdivia.When officers first got to the day care, police said they learned that Helus was intoxicated when Christian stopped breathing. There were three other adults and three day care children at the time. The children were checked and found to be unharmed.Helus was booked in the San Joaquin County Jail, but police said she has since bailed out.”It’s just been an unbearable pain and loss for our family,” Valdivia said.It is not known how long Helus’ day care has been in business, and police were also not immediately aware of her prior history. California Community Care Licensing, which has jurisdiction over licensed day cares, is assisting police with the investigation.Anyone with information related to the case is asked to call police at 209-456-8101 and reference case No. 25-04723.See news happening? Send us your photos or videos if it’s safe to do so at kcra.com/upload.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel
The owner of a day care in Manteca has been arrested in connection with a 5-month-old infant’s death while he was under her care, officials said Monday.
Roxanne Helus, owner of the Cherished Years Daycare that is run at her home along the 2300 block of Merlin Lane, faces a charge of felony child endangerment, the Manteca Police Department said. The agency plans to file additional charges, which would include causing death to a child under 8 years old.
Police said at 1:25 p.m. on Oct. 22, officers went to the day care for a report of an infant not breathing. There, they found an adult at the scene providing CPR to the infant, later identified as Christian Olvera.
Officers took over CPR until the Manteca Fire Department and medics arrived to also perform CPR, police said. Christian was taken to a nearby hospital and was later transferred to Oakland Children’s Hospital, where he died on Oct. 24.
Police said there were no signs of trauma, and Christian’s cause of death will be determined by the results of an autopsy.
“We hear about this happening all the time, and you never think it’s going to happen to you,” said Christian’s aunt, Erica Valdivia.
When officers first got to the day care, police said they learned that Helus was intoxicated when Christian stopped breathing. There were three other adults and three day care children at the time. The children were checked and found to be unharmed.
Helus was booked in the San Joaquin County Jail, but police said she has since bailed out.
“It’s just been an unbearable pain and loss for our family,” Valdivia said.
It is not known how long Helus’ day care has been in business, and police were also not immediately aware of her prior history. California Community Care Licensing, which has jurisdiction over licensed day cares, is assisting police with the investigation.
Anyone with information related to the case is asked to call police at 209-456-8101 and reference case No. 25-04723.
See news happening? Send us your photos or videos if it’s safe to do so at kcra.com/upload.
See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel
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