Mendez entered the guilty plea in Manhattan to charges including conspiracy to distribute narcotics resulting in death, following the tragic death of her day care's toddler.
Mendez described her dawning realization that her day care was being used to conceal her husband's drug business, saying, 'This will haunt me for as long as I live.'
Investigators discovered a significant stash of fentanyl and drug paraphernalia in Mendez's day care, with a kilogram stored atop children's playmats and hidden under flooring.
The shocking case resulted in the death of a toddler and nearly caused further tragedy, as three other children were treated with Narcan after exposure to fentanyl.
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