Kansas babysitter escapes therapy facility after toddler’s demise | EUROtoday

A Kansas babysitter escaped from a drug therapy facility whereas going through costs over the demise of a four-month-old child discovered with meth and amphetamines in its physique.

Amanda Vinardi, 42, disappeared from the Miracles Inc. facility in Wichita after she was arrested and a decide ordered her to finish drug therapy in February, in response to native shops KAKE and the Salina Post.

Officials found she was lacking after she did not attend a category on March 4, the Salina Post reviews.

The facility stated Vinardi had “walked away” the afternoon of March 4, 12News reviews. Officials issued a warrant for her arrest on Tuesday. Vinardi now faces an escape cost, together with aggravated baby endangerment and different drug-related costs.

Randi Freeman advised KAKE that Vinardi was babysitting her son Elijah Wedel in April 2024 when a neighbor referred to as 911. Responders discovered the toddler face-down in his crib.

Elijah was transported to the hospital, the place he in the end died. An post-mortem report later revealed that meth and amphetamines have been in his system, KAKE reviews.

“He didn’t even look like him,” Freeman told KAKE. “All the machines hooked up to him. His eyes were practically glued shut.”

“I at all times dreamed of watching him take his first steps or what it could really feel prefer to be referred to as ‘mother,’ and I by no means obtained to expertise it,” she added.

Vinardi was arrested in January and transported to Saline County Jail earlier than arriving at Miracles Inc. for her court-ordered drug therapy.

The Saline County Sheriff’s Office is now looking for the 42-year-old. Officials have additionally alerted Wichita Police Officers and the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office to her escape.

“Now she’s out there and I have no clue where she’s at, no clue who else she’s manipulating, no clue who else she’s hurting,” Freeman advised KWCH. “I’m terrified.”

The Independent has contacted the Saline County Sheriff’s Office for remark.