According to the Belize Police Department, on Wednesday the mother left her home around 5:00 a.m. to go to work, leaving her daughter in the care of her neighbor.

The mother told police that when she returned home around 4:00 p.m., she found her baby unresponsive.

According to the neighbor, she fed the child rice and gave her a bottle of chocolate milk around 1:30 p.m., then put her to sleep. Approximately two hours later, she reportedly found the infant lying in vomit and unresponsive.