MINNEAPOLIS – A little girl is in the hospital after she says a daycare classmate gave her something suspicious.
Rachel Hodges says her daughter, Da'Kyah, was shaking, having trouble walking and acting strange Monday.
Officials at Nellie Stone Johnson Elementary School in Minneapolis called Hodges to say Da'Kyah had thrown up and was having what appeared to be seizures.
“She didn't know who I was,” Hodges said. “I didn't know my mother. She has a twin, I didn't know him.”
Hodges says that after emergency room doctors told him it wasn't a seizure, the episodes of strange behavior continued on and off.
He says they include hallucinations and mood swings.
“I've never even seen a kid act like that,” Hodges said. “And it's just sad, because she's afraid of me and I'm her mother.”
Da'Kyah says a girl in her class gave her what she said was candy.
“But he pranked me,” Da'Kyah said. “After I ate them, he said, 'Ha, just kidding.' It's poison candy.” My body hurt and yes, it was scary.”
Da'Kyah described what he was eating as colored pills.
“The police looked her in the eye,” Hodges said. “They saw that she was dilated. Her eyes were crossed and very large, and they knew she must have ingested something she shouldn't have.”
A Minneapolis police spokesperson said: “In accordance with normal procedure for processing a report involving young children, this case has been referred to Child Protective Services (CPS). MPD will continue to work with CPS as let this case move forward.”
Hodges says they're waiting on blood tests to identify what scared Da'Kyah and her family so much.
WCCO has called and emailed Minneapolis Public Schools several times this week, but has not heard back.
David Schumann
