Uncle of toddler who died after drinking drug-laced milk released on bail

Police have confirmed that the uncle of a toddler who died some three weeks after he consumed milk laced with methamphetamine, also referred to as “Molly”, was released on station bail as the probe into the circumstances that led to the child’s death continues.
Regional Commander Simon Mc Bean said that investigators are currently awaiting the toxicology report to determine their way forward. This report involves the detection, isolation, identification, and determination of poisons and its effects on the human body.
The two-year-old, Ronaldo Dave Favourite of C Field Sophia, Greater Georgetown, died on September 26 while receiving treatment at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).
In September, Favourite had reportedly fallen ill and was rushed to the hospital. It was there that the doctors discovered that the toddler had methamphetamine in his system. He was treated and discharged but later readmitted.
It is alleged that the uncle of the child mixed “a pill” in milk for his own consumption, however, it was left on a table to dissolve and the child consumed the concoction.
Law enforcers had detained the child’s aunt for questioning and released her after she told investigators that her brother had mixed the drug in a glass of milk for his own consumption. His uncle was arrested at Stabroek Market and subsequently questioned by detectives.
Favourite was left in the care of his relatives after his mother died on August 23, 2020.