The FBI is helping authorities in Houston see if any crime was committed in when a group of young women videotaped themselves laughing at a toddler and joking that the child had taken Ecstasy. It's unclear whether the tot had actually been given the drug, authorities said. The video appeared on YouTube.
com before being removed and is on other Web sites. The young women told an investigator that they got bored during a return trip from Padre Island and were playing with the little girl, who was following instructions to roll her eyes back, said Lt. John Martin, a spokesman with the Harris County Sheriff's Office.
The video, runs 2 minutes, 28 seconds, was taken in a van and shows a girl who appears about 2 years old. As the young women tease her, the toddler rolls her eyes back until only the whites show. Some of the women can be heard laughing and seeming to suggest that Ecstasy might be responsible for the child's behavior.
It also shows an infant being handed around in the back seat. The FBI is helping authorities in Houston see if any crime was committed in when a group of young women videotaped themselves laughing at a toddler and joking that the child had taken Ecstasy.