A \u00a0couple found guilty in the fentanyl-related death of a 1-year-old at a Bronx daycare will be sentenced Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Back in November,\u00a0Grei Mendez<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Felix Herrera-Garcia<\/a>\u00a0were convicted of second-degree murder in the 2023 death of Nicholas Dominici<\/a>.<\/p>\n The two operated Divino Ni\u00f1o Daycare<\/a>\u00a0out of a Bronx apartment. Prosecutors said the daycare was also home to a\u00a0fentanyl packaging and distribution operation<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Four children at the daycare were rushed to the hospital in September, 2023 to be treated for fentanyl poisoning. Nicholas died.\u00a0<\/p>\n “Nicholas was a happy child looking for a place to stay safe, to learn, to play,” Otoniel Feliz, Nicholas’s father, said after the two were convicted in November. “Those people was evil. Those people was, you know, careless about human life.” \u00a0<\/p>\n The two were previously sentenced to 45 years\u00a0<\/a>in prison on federal drug trafficking charges. Wednesday’s sentencing is for the state murder charge.<\/p>\n