Police: Parents gave crying baby vodka
 

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (AP) -- Authorities are searching for the parents of a 3-month-old girl who died last year after her parents allegedly gave her lethal doses of vodka to quiet her crying, police said.

Makeisha Dantus died in 2004 but her parents were not charged until last month. By that time, they had disappeared.

The couple, Mackenson Dantus and Mardala Derival, are wanted on charges of aggravated manslaughter. Authorities said they believe the couple, both Haitian immigrants, were still in Florida.

Detective Katherine Collins said Tuesday that the delay in charging the couple stemmed in part from their lack of cooperation.

"The last thing you're expecting is for a child to die of alcohol poisoning at age 3 months," she said. "A homicide case is very delicate, and they take time, unfortunately."

Makeisha's father called 911 on February 14, 2004, because the baby was unresponsive, Collins said. The baby died at the scene.

According to a police report, the parents told officers that for about a month they had fed their daughter a bottle filled with a mixture of water, sugar and vodka to help her sleep.

Small quantities of alcohol have historically been used to quiet crying babies, but authorities said the amount fed to Makeisha was extreme.

The Broward County Medical Examiner's Office determined that the infant had a blood alcohol level of 0.47 percent. The legal limit for drivers in Florida is 0.08 percent.

wow...

Former Medical Examiner Dr. Ronald Wright said that for a baby to ingest that much alcohol would be the equivalent of a 160-pound adult drinking 18 beers.

According to a police report, the final autopsy showed that the child had been fed fatal doses of alcohol shortly before her death and her liver indicated severe buildup of excess fat due to alcohol consumption.


Some people dont deserve to live.. fucken dumb parents..

I swear to god if I ever saw either one of them and I noticed them I would beat the shit outta them...

up to 10 years ago, doctors usta prescribe parents to
dip a`soother in brandy/whisky for children that are teethin
this was just a miss interpretation by the parents..they probably
heard this from someone n unfortunitely didnt question the process
.
they just werent infoermed to their bad parentin skills

even tho.. no parent in there right mind could think that much vodka for a baby like that would be benefical..

werd...last year a teacher told us that before you are a certain age your body cant even make the alcohol into sugars or anything, so it's just like drinking poison

Wow parents tryin to get kids to start at a young age. word

wow....this is fucked up