Several bags with between 8 and 10 kilos of drugs, including fentanyl, a substance so powerful that Only 2 milligrams are enough to kill an adult.to. It is the new stash that the police found under the play area of ​​the Bronx daycare where just a few days ago Nicholas, a one-year-old baby, died from a fentanyl overdose.

Joseph’s father, one of Nicholas’ companions, She says she had to take her son to the emergency room, unconscious because “he was already dying.” Her little one was one of the other 3 poisoned babies who were able to be saved.

We now know that while the 4 were lying on the ground, unresponsive, their caregiver did not immediately call the emergency services. Before, she made two calls to her husband, who went to the floor where the daycare was located and from which he left through the back door, carrying two full bags. He is still wanted and captured and the authorities ask for help to find him. “Who can help a man who has killed a baby?!” asked Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark at a press conference.

The police believe that Nicholas and his companions became intoxicated because there were drugs on the mattresses where they were taking a nap. Because the first kilo of fentanyl they found on that floor was in the closet where those mattresses were kept. “We argue that they poisoned 4 babies, and killed one of them-says the prosecutor of the southern district of New York, Damien Williams- because they ran a drug trafficking network from a daycare center.”

They used children between just a few months and two years old as cover for their real business. Investigators believe, they were dedicated to cutting the drugs to sell them to dealers who sell them at retail.