Karl Towndrow, 3 Months, Dies At Brooklyn Day Care Center

The day care worker caring for Towndrow told police that shortly before he died, she fed him bottled breast milk and tried unsuccessfully to burp him to sleep, the sources said.

Sam Costanza/for New York Daily News NYPD detectives escort SoHo Child Care operator/owner Maryellen Strautmanis out of the day care center after it was shut down for operating unlicensed when authorities investigated a baby’s death there. The medical examiner will determine a cause of death.

A worker ended up feeding Karl before putting him down for a nap, sources said.

The parents of a three-month old infant who died at a SoHo daycare yesterday are facing mounting funeral, hospital and other bills, and now a fundraising page has been launched to assist them.

The woman went to check on the child after about another 15 minutes and found his lips were blue and he was unresponsive, the sources said. Mary Strautmanis, who is listed in telephone directories as residing in the apartment, was unavailable for comment, said a man who answered the telephone and then hung up.

The blue-eyed baby was rushed to Lenox Hill Healthplex but couldn’t be saved.

FDNY spokesman Frank Dwyer said Healthplex “was the appropriate and first recommended hospital for a pediatric patient in cardiac arrest”.

The infant became unresponsive about three to four hours after being dropped off, according to police.

Officials say there were no signs of trauma.

The Administration for Children’s Services and the city Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, which ordered the closure of the center, have launched an investigation into the tragedy.

“The mother worked nearby and she had recommendations of the location from people who worked in the community”, Boyce added.

“It was around noon, I see the baby coming down on a stretcher”. The rest is history.it has operated on word of mouth referrals and to this day I stay in contact with my first alumni, who are now in Middle School & High School. He was also required to make restitution payments.