Toddler dies after eating chili powder given as punishment

By ABC7
January 8, 2013 (APPLE VALLEY, Calif.)

Authorities were called to a home in California, where a child was suffering from a seizure after eating chili powder, which was given as a punishment.

The girl, 2, died at the hospital.

A 21-year-old caretaker has been charged.

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