Parents Feed Baby Vodka, Get Probation

Florida Baby Florida couple convicted of feeding their 3-month-old baby a lethal dose of vodka will not spend any time behind bars.

by The Associated Press

Published: Wed, September 03, 2008 - 6:36 pm CST Last Updated: Wed, September 03, 2008 - 6:39 pm CST

MIAMI (AP) - A Florida couple convicted of aggravated child
abuse for feeding their 3-month-old baby a lethal dose of vodka
will spend five years on probation.
That's the ruling a Broward judge made Wednesday in the case
against Mardala Derival and Mackenson Dantus. The pair had already
spent nearly three years in jail.
The couple's daughter, Makeisha, died in 2004 and an autopsy
found she had a high blood alcohol level and liver damage when she
died. Her parents acknowledged they had given her a home remedy
that contained vodka when she had a fever.
Last week a jury acquitted Derival and Dantus of manslaughter in
connection with Makeisha's death. They will also have to complete a
parenting class and perform 25 hours of community service.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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DVLDOG1775 Says:

Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 5:33 am

Well that seems about right. You can kill a human without consequence. If they would have done this to a dog they would already be on death row by now.

Mom2AngelBaby Says:

Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 4:43 am

This is a bad situation here. I know people do home remadies all the time. But I just dont know if I would try to give my child espically this young Vodka for any reason. This is what we have doctors for! Three years in jail isn’t a long time when you own child has died and your responsible for the death….To me its like a pat on the back! But thats just my opinion