2-year-old tests positive for THC, Tooele in-home daycare faces possible child endangerment charge

TOOELE, Utah — A home daycare owner in Tooele is facing a possible child endangerment charge after a 2-year-old girl got sick while in her care and later tested positive for THC.

According to a report obtained by KSL TV, the Tooele Police Department has referred a child endangerment charge against the daycare’s owner, Becky Elwood, who owns Little Rays of Sunshine, a state-licensed in-home childcare center in Tooele.

The mother of 2-year-old Laylah, Alyssa Martinez, told KSL TV that when she went to pick up her daughter from Elwood’s home on Nov. 1, Laylah was lethargic, limp and unresponsive.

Emergency responders rushed Laylah to the hospital, where doctors found THC in her system. She was then taken to Primary Children’s for further care.

Primary Children’s notified the Tooele Police Department and Utah’s Department of Child and Family Services of the incident.

According to the police report, a detective and DCFS visited Elwood’s home and spoke with Becky Elwood and her daughter, Abigail, who was caring for Layla. Abigail describes that Laylah “was acting weird after naptime, which ends at 2 p.m..”

“Ms. Elwood stated that she would not tell me names because she thinks it’s against her confidentiality, but knows that some of the parents of the other children consume marijuana,” the police detective wrote.

Abigail told police that she believed that the kids ate Smarties and Cheerios for their afternoon snack and that the kids had hotdogs for lunch. But she did not know how Laylah may have gotten ahold of the drug. Abigail also reported to the police that all the children ate the snacks, and no one else got sick.

According to the police report, Becky Elwood thinks the THC came into her home through another child’s diaper bag.

There’s more to the story. Please read Lindsay Aerts’ complete story at KSLTV.com.