A 6-week-old
girl in Wisconsin who was mistakenly given baby formula mixed with two shots of
vodka was expected to be released from a hospital on Wednesday, police said.
The baby had a
blood alcohol level of 0.294, more than three times the legal limit for an
adult driver, after receiving the vodka-tainted formula on Monday night,
Kenosha police spokesman Bradley Hetlet said.
Hetlet said
investigators believe it was a mistake and the girl's parents will not be
charged for the alcohol incident. Her father was charged separately for
altercations that ensued after the girl began to suffer from the alcohol, he
said.
Hetlet said the
girl's mother told police she filled a container with water to be used for the
baby's bottle, set it on a kitchen counter and left the room. The girl's father
entered the kitchen, emptied the container and filled it with vodka, intending
to take the water bottle to a friend's home.
When the mother
returned to the kitchen, she mixed about two ounces of the liquid with baby
formula and fed her baby, Hetlet said. The parents realized the error when the
child began acting abnormally, he said.
"Then the
blame game started," he said.
Several fights
ensued between the girl's 22-year-old father and her mother, family members and
police as rescue workers arrived and then rushed the baby to a hospital, Hetlet
said. –End-
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