Lenoir Day Care Worker charged because of the child's death

Lenoir day care was instructed to close, and a worker was charged with death on Monday of the 16-month-old child.

The 29 -year -old Alexandra Lee Coffey, who works at Lenoir's creative beginnings, was arrested after the authorities received information from the Chief Medical Examiner office in North Carolina, Lenoir's police department said on Wednesday.

It is charged with involuntary homicide, the police said.

The State Department of Health and Human Services depended on Wednesday by creative beginnings until the end of the day.

The department for child development and early education of the department said in a letter to the day care owners that emergency measures are necessary to protect the health, well -being and safety of children.

Kids Time of Lenoir, which operates creative beginnings, can take the order.

Coffey was held on Wednesday in the Caldwell County Detung Center with a deposit of 500,000 US dollars.

The police asks someone with information in the case to contact the department under 828-757-2100 or crime stopper at 828-758-8300.