PEORIA, Ill. (WEEK/Gray News) - Two women in Illinois are facing first-degree murder charges for allegedly giving a child an adult sleep aid before the baby died. A Peoria County grand jury ...

Peoria police responded Dec. 19 to a report of an unresponsive child and learned “Hezekiah had been given the adult formula” of the sleep aid ZzzQuil, prosecutors said. The boy was given a ...

First on the list of duds was ZzzQuil, an over-the-counter sleep aid from the makers of DayQuil and NyQuil. Sold as a syrup, ZzzQuil contains the active ingredient diphenhydramine, an ...

PEORIA, Ill. (WEEK/Gray News) - Two women in Illinois are facing murder charges for allegedly giving a child an adult sleep aid before the baby died. A Peoria County grand jury indicted 26-year-old ...

PEORIA, Ill. (WEEK/Gray News) - Two women in Illinois are facing murder charges for allegedly giving a child an adult sleep aid before the baby died. A Peoria County grand jury indicted 26-year ...

Authorities said the two women gave an “excessive” dose of the over-the-counter sleep aid to Hezekiah. According to the Peoria County State’s Attorney’s Office, Tasheaunna Williams and ...