Unlicensed North Carolina daycare death leads to caregiver's arrest

A one-year-old boy died after being left at an unlicensed daycare in North Carolina, leading to the arrest of the caregiver. The child was found unresponsive in a car seat. The caregiver, Mercedes Rodriguez, 59, was charged with operating an unlicensed facility and will face a homicide charge. The child's parents dropped him off around 5:30 AM, and he was found unresponsive around 9 AM. The child's parents expressed heartbreak and disappointment with the bail amount. Rodriguez had been investigated in 2019 for an alleged assault.