24 Hour News 8 reports, detectives are investigating a caregiver after a 4-year-old boy with disabilities died, alleging she stole some of the medicine that was meant to keep him alive, according to the boy’s autopsy report.
Ryley Maue of Allegan died on Aug. 26 from a seizure related to cerebral palsy, the autopsy report shows.
He had been taking liquid Valium to help control seizures, but the caregiver allegedly replaced some of the Valium with water or some other liquid, the report states. The watered-down medicine, the report shows, wasn’t enough to stop the seizures that killed him.
A source close to the investigation said the caregiver was a licensed practical nurse (LPN) who worked at the boy’s home in Allegan. The source said the nurse also is under investigation for a similar allegation involving a child in nearby Barry County.