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A 1-year-old child dies after being fed water beads, batteries, and acetone.\\xa0

Aleisia Owens, 21, the girlfriend of the baby Iris\'\\xa0 father, has been arrested for intentionally feeding the child harmful items. According to police, the child died of organ failure, a result of acetone poisoning.\\xa0

The baby\'s mother first took the girl to the hospital, after\\xa0 changing her diaper and finding "water beads." Over the next few days, Iris passes about 20 water beads. She also passes 3 button-shaped batteries and a metal screw. After 4 days, the baby can go home with her mother.\\xa0

Pennsylvania Child Youth Services, CYS, inspects both parents\' homes and, according to Newsweek, finds no issue at either residence. Iris lives with her mother full-time, but she continues to visit her dad at his house where Bailey Jacoby lives with his girlfriend, Aleisia Lynnae Owens.

During a weekend visitation at her father\'s house, \\xa0Bailey Jacoby goes to the grocery store, leaving Iris with his live-in girlfriend.\\xa0 As he prepares to check out at the grocery store,\\xa0 Owens calls Jacoby and tells him that something is wrong with Iris, she isn\'t acting like herself, and she is unresponsive.

Jacoby tells Owens to call 911. Emergency responders note that Iris is breathing but with a fixed gaze and weak response. She\'s transported to the hospital and she dies four days later.\\xa0\\xa0

The homicide investigation heats up when investigators discovered Bailey Jacoby\'s live-in girlfriend, the last person to be with Iris alone, Aleisia Lynnae Owens, had been researching online the harm that water beads and batteries can cause children before the child ingesting the items. \\xa0The Attorney General\'s Office confirms that Owens also conducted online research into household items that could cause serious harm or death to children.\\xa0

Forensic extractions of Owen\'s cell phone show she searched online for topics such as,

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• \\u201cIf your child drinks a lot of nail polish remover, what happens,\\u201d
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• \\u201cWhat happens if a baby eats nail polish,\\u201d
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• \\u201cHow many cases have there been from babies dying from eating nail polish.\\u201d
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Another search on Owens\\u2019 phone reads,

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• \\u201cIn how many cases have kids died from eating water beads"
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• \\u201cwater beads harmful"
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• "Water beads near me"
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• \\u201cBeauty products that are poisonous to kids\\u201d
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During the days while Iris Alfera was in the hospital as well as the day after she passed away, investigators discovered numerous online searches conducted on Aleisia Owen\'s phone for information on how to pass a polygraph test.

Joining Nancy Grace Today

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• Candise Alfera - Grandmother of Iris; Facebook: Iris\\u2019 Angels
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• Frank Alfera- Grandfather of Iris
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• Jarrett Ferentino\\xa0\\u2013 Homicide Prosecutor in Pennsylvania; Host: \\u201cTrue Crime Boss\\u201d Podcast; Facebook & Instagram: Jarrett Ferentino
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• Dr. Bethany Marshall\\xa0\\u2013 Psychoanalyst (Beverly Hills); Twitter: @DrBethanyLive/ Instagram & TikTok: drbethanymarshall; Appearing in the new show, \\u201cParis in Love\\u201d on Peacock
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• Larry Forletta - (New Castle, PA) Private Investigator, Founder & CEO of Forletta Investigative Security Consulting; Former Law Enforcement
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• Dr. William Morrone\\xa0 \\u2013 Chief Medical Examiner, Bay County Michigan; Author: \\u201cAmerican Narcan: Naloxone & Heroin-Fentanyl Associated Mortality\\u201d
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• Alexis Tereszcuk \\u2013\\xa0(CA)\\xa0CrimeOnline.com Investigative Reporter, Writer/Fact Checker, Lead Stories; Twitter/X: @swimmie2009
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