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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.
(Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee; Editing by Doina
Chiacu)
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