Boy, 2, removed from respirator, declared dead after he was intoxicated with ...
Puerto Rican boy, 2, is removed from respirator and declared dead five days after he suffered COCAINE overdose at his mother's apartment Kendriel Hernández-Canela was declared dead Monday by doctors at Hospital Pediátrico in San Juan, Puerto Rico The two-year-old became intoxicated with cocaine at his mother's apartment in Río Piedras last Wednesday Puerto Rico National Police captain Luis Díaz told DailyMail.com that the boy had fallen asleep when his maternal grandmother found him unresponsive Díaz added that none of the family members, including the boy's mother, Mari Perla Canela-England, have said how the child came into contact with the drug Canela-England has temporarily lost custody of her five-year-old daughter and seven-year-old son Díaz said no arrests had been made as of Tuesday evening
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A two-year-old boy who suffered a cocaine overdose while at his mother's apartment has been taken off a respirator and declared dead five days on.
Kendriel Hernández-Canela was ruled brain dead at 2pm Monday, after his mother, Mari Perla Canela-England, rushed him to Teacher's Hospital in Hato Rey last Wednesday.
The toddler was transferred to Pediatric Hospital in San Juan, where he had been under observation.
A toxicology exam showed he had cocaine in his system, although it is still unclear how or where he ingested the drug.
Two-year-old Kendriel Hernández-Canela (first from left) was intoxicated with cocaine last Wednesday at his mother's home in Río
