Children on video to get medical check, CPS says
By MELANIE MARKLEY
Copyright 2007 Houston Chronicle
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Two Houston children, including a 2-year-old who seemed on a video to have been given a dangerous drug, will get a thorough medical examination, child welfare officials said Wednesday.
Harris County Child Protective Services spokeswoman Estella Olguin said the toddler was recorded rolling her eyes while teens joked that she had taken Ecstasy will be drug-tested if doctors think it necessary.
Lt. John Martin, a spokesman for the Harris County Sheriff's Office, said criminal charges will not be filed unless there is solid evidence that the child was on drugs.
The video, which originally appeared on YouTube, was shot while the children, along with three adults and four teens, were traveling in a van from Padre Island to Houston.
Everyone in the van who was questioned said the video was a joke.
Investigators said the girl could roll her eyes and replicate the behavior on the video when they asked her to do
The Grudge, a horror movie featuring a character who shows only the whites of her eyes.
The 21-year-old mother has turned the toddler and her 8-month-old sister over to relatives until the case is closed.
Olguin said the adults and teens who were in the van have all agreed to be drug-tested.