Apex home day care closed after child's death
Apex police are investigating a home day care after a child being cared for there died, said police spokeswoman Capt. Ann Stephens.
Posted — UpdatedAuthorities were called to Judy's Home Care, at 1300 Laura Duncan Road, on Oct. 26 on a report that a 3-month-old girl had stopped breathing. The child, Eliana Navy, was taken to WakeMed, where she died, Stephens said.
DHHS suspended the license of owner and operator Judy Lucas the next day.
Lucas answered the door there Wednesday, but declined to comment.
Police are waiting on the final report on an official cause of death before completing their investigation.
"A provider of day care, just like any other person that provides care for children, ... certainly has certain standards of care that are expected to be met," Apex Police Chief Jack Lewis said.
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