Toddler dies after drinking acetone at day care
Posted March 21st, 2008 by minortopics | via www.mlive.comA 2-year-old boy in Plainfield Township, Michigan has died after falling ill at a home daycare while his parents were vacationing in Mexico. An autopsy has shown that the boy died from ingesting rubbing alcohol.
Toxicology testing found traces of acetone in Keenan Marshall’s body fluids. The chemical is the active ingredient in nail-polish remover and a byproduct of deteriorating rubbing alcohol.
Kent County sheriff’s deputies ruled the death an accident, saying there were no signs of trauma.
The boy fell ill on Feb. 18, three days after arriving at the day care center in Plainfield Township. The center’s operator, a woman, took him to his doctor on Feb. 20 and was told to keep the toddler hydrated after he vomited and felt weak.
The next morning, the woman found him dead. The chemical had slowly damaged his brain, the autopsy found.