"Multiple Charges Filed in Bronx Day Care Child Death and Opioid Exposure Tragedy"

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"Multiple Charges Filed in Bronx Day Care Child Death and Opioid Exposure Tragedy"
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Two suspects have been indicted and a third is being sought by police in connection with a deadly opioid exposure at a day care in the Bronx. One-year-old Nicholas Dominici died and three other young children were hospitalized after being exposed to opioids at the home-based day care. Carlisto Acevedo Brito and Grei Mendez have been charged with murder, manslaughter, and assault. Drug production equipment was found inside the day care, and investigators believe the children had been exposed to the opioids over an extended period. The investigation is ongoing.

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