Police: Tennessee woman faces murder charge after 6-month-old dies in unlicensed daycare
A Tennessee woman is facing a first-degree murder charge after Nashville police say a 6-month-old girl died in the woman's unlicensed day care more than a year ago.
Lourdes Hernandez, 35, was running a daycare at her Welshwood Drive apartment on Feb. 8, 2024 when a woman trying to pick up her daughter found other children crying and Hernandez holding the 6-month-old, police said in a Tuesday release.
The child was taken to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead, police said.
Ten children under 3 years of age were in the apartment that day, investigators said.
An autopsy showed the 6-month-old had antihistamine diphenhydramine, commonly found in medications like Benadryl, at levels nearly three times the amount for an adult in her system, police said.
Before her arrest on March 21, Hernandez had relocated to a Zermatt Avenue residence, police said, noting that several children were found in that apartment.
In addition to the first-degree murder charge, Hernandez faces aggravated child neglect charges and operating a child care agency without license. She was indicted by a Nashville grand jury on the charges.
Hernandez is being held on $150,000 bond and is scheduled to appear before a criminal court judge on April 2.
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