The Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court extends the detention of two caregivers from the unlicensed Jerusalem daycare where two infants died yesterday.
The caregivers are being held on suspicion of reckless manslaughter and will remain in custody until at least Thursday.
In the detention hearing in court, the police representative said he was shocked by what he saw in the apartment serving as the daycare premises, Kan News reports.
He said the daycare facility had been operated for years and that the premises suffered from “clear neglect.” Evidence has also emerged that the carers put some of infants under their care to sleep in the bathroom, next to a toilet.
The owner of the daycare was arrested today, and under questioning revealed that she has run the daycare for some 30 years.
The cause of death for 4-month-old Leah Goloventzitz and 6-month-old Aharon Katz is still unclear.
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