“Several drugs” and supplies were removed from a Bronx daycare center where a one-year-old boy died and three others were hospitalized after taking fentanyl, Web.com can reveal.
Nicholas Dominici has been identified as the deceased toddler in the horrific scene which unfolded around 2:40pm on Friday afternoon.
On Saturday, police tape was removed from the street and hung outside the entrance to Divino Nino Day Care on Morris Avenue in the Kingsbridge section of the Bronx.
The once active crime scene had turned grim as neighbors began to come to terms with the tragedy.
Mayor Eric Adams expressed his condolences to the family and said he had spoken to the parents who lost their son.
On Friday afternoon, a contamination tent could be seen in front of the daycare center
Police tape had been removed from the street and hung outside the entrance to Divino Nino Dayare on Morris Avenue
Four children under the age of three “took fentanyl” on the premises.
The once active crime scene had turned grim as neighbors began to come to terms with the tragedy
Anna Ortiz-Irving, 73, lives in the building next to the daycare and said she is “sick” about what happened as investigators continue to pore over evidence.
“I was amazed because this mother and her daughter are the nicest people,” she exclusively told , referring to the two women who ran the daycare.
“From what I’ve heard, fentanyl has been found in all four of the baby’s systems.”
Oritz-Irving said they “brought the police dogs on Friday night” and claimed her neighbor, who had been interpreting for police and the superintendent, “found drug paraphernalia” after getting a search warrant for the daycare.
“They found the slicer and what they call the presser,” she said.
Sources with knowledge of the investigation confirmed that “several drugs were found at the daycare center as well as a kilo press.”
A kilo press is sued for packaging large quantities of medication.
Sources also confirmed that all four children “came into contact with fentanyl.”
Dominici, two 2-year-old boys and an 8-month-old girl were found at the daycare center, located on the ground floor of the Morris Avenue building.
The children were reportedly put in for a nap, only to be woken up at 2:30 p.m., and had eaten about 90 minutes beforehand, sources said.
When police arrived at the grim scene, all four children were administered Narcan, one of whom responded to the life-saving drugs, police said.
All four were taken to hospital, but the one-year-old boy died. Three others are in stable condition and the eight-month-old child was treated for dehydration.
Divino Nino Daycare passed its annual unannounced inspection on Sept. 6 with no violations, city records say, after receiving its license in May.
Anna Ortiz-Irving, 73, lives in the building next to the daycare and said she is “sick” about what happened as investigators continue to pore over evidence
At a news conference Saturday morning, Mayor Eric Adams said the event was intended to serve as a warning to people with opioids in their homes
Sources with knowledge of the investigation confirmed that “several drugs were found at the daycare center as well as a kilo press.”
All four children were taken to hospital, but the one-year-old boy did not survive
The daycare has capacity for eight children ages six weeks to 12 years, records show.
One of the women believed to be running the daycare center was brought in for questioning.
No arrests have been made in connection with the incident and police are still investigating.
Adams expressed his condolences for the family and shared that he had spoken to the parents who lost their infant son.
At a news conference Saturday morning, Adams said the event was intended to serve as a warning to people with opioids in their homes.
“Seeing the pain that they are experiencing is something that we New Yorkers and all parents experience.
“This crisis is real and a real wake-up call for people who have opioids or fentanyl in their homes.”