A Kansas babysitter was arrested after an infant died with meth in his system. She has now escaped her treatment facility

A Kansas babysitter escaped from a cause attraction installation portion facing charges implicit the decease of a four-month-old babe recovered with meth and amphetamines successful its body.

Amanda Vinardi, 42, disappeared from the Miracles Inc. installation successful Wichita aft she was arrested and a justice ordered her to implicit cause attraction successful February, according to section outlets KAKE and the Salina Post.

Officials discovered she was missing aft she failed to be a people connected March 4, the Salina Post reports.

The installation said Vinardi had “walked away” the day of March 4, 12News reports. Officials issued a warrant for her apprehension connected Tuesday. Vinardi present faces an flight charge, on with aggravated kid endangerment and different drug-related charges.

Randi Freeman told KAKE that Vinardi was babysitting her lad Elijah Wedel successful April 2024 erstwhile a neighbour called 911. Responders recovered the babe face-down successful his crib.

Elijah was transported to the hospital, wherever helium yet died. An autopsy study aboriginal revealed that meth and amphetamines were successful his system, KAKE reports.

"He didn't adjacent look similar him,” Freeman told KAKE. “All the machines hooked up to him. His eyes were practically glued shut.”

"I ever dreamed of watching him instrumentality his archetypal steps oregon what it would consciousness similar to beryllium called 'mom,' and I ne'er got to acquisition it," she added.

Vinardi was arrested successful January and transported to Saline County Jail earlier arriving astatine Miracles Inc. for her court-ordered cause treatment.

The Saline County Sheriff’s Office is present searching for the 42-year-old. Officials person besides alerted Wichita Police Officers and the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office to her escape.

“Now she’s retired determination and I person nary hint wherever she’s at, nary hint who other she’s manipulating, nary hint who other she’s hurting,” Freeman told KWCH. “I’m terrified.”

The Independent has contacted the Saline County Sheriff’s Office for comment.