BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Baton Rouge police say a 4-year-old girl is dead after her grandmother allegedly forced her to drink a bottle of whiskey while her mother watched.
Police spokesperson Sgt. L’Jean McKneely told news outlets the little girl’s grandmother, 53-year-old Roxanne Record, and mother, 29-year-old Kadjah Record, were arrested Friday on a charge of first-degree murder.
It was unknown if either of them had an attorney who could speak on their behalf.
The East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner’s Office says an autopsy showed a cause of death was acute alcohol poisoning.
Authorities say the little girl had a blood-alcohol level of .680%, more than eight times the .08% driving limit for an adult.
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