The family of a 19-month-old girl who died from apparent exposure to fentanyl while staying at anAirbnbrental in 2021 is opening up about their story.
Enora Lavenir’s family is now suing the company, the property owner, the rental’s manager, and a renter who had hosted a party in the Wellington, Fla. unit two weeks prior to the girl’s death, per a new report from theWashington Post.
No criminal charges have been brought, and investigators were unable to find evidence of the drug in the vacation rental, according to thePost.
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A Palm Beach County medical examiner and an independent toxicology report eventually found that the child had died of a lethal amount of fentanyl, per thePost.
“It’s like we fell into a trap,” Boris, the girl’s father, told the publication in French.
A Fentanyl Citrate vial on a green background.Getty Images/iStockphoto
Investigators were unable to find drugs in Enora’s family’s belongings, and both parents tested negative, with nobody knowing how the toddler got hold of the drug, reports thePost.
A previous renter — who booked the home through the rental company Vrbo — reportedly told investigators that they threw a party at the location that involved cocaine, but the drugs were not tied to the girl.
Ultimately, investigators wrote that they were “unable to determine” how she ingested the drug.
“I am unable to develop probable cause for abuse or neglect leading to the death of Enora,” one investigator noted. “Currently the manner of death is listed as accidental.”
While the case is closed pending leads, the family is suing Airbnb and those behind the home rental — claiming that the lethal drug was not properly picked up following a party in the house before their stay via Airbnb.
Representatives for Vrbo — the vacation rental company which the previous renter booked the home through — did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
When asked for comment from Airbnb, a representative pointed PEOPLE to a statement they shared with thePost: “Our hearts go out to the Lavenir family and their loved ones for their devastating loss.”
Thomas Scolaro, the attorney representing the family, told thePostthat finding the source of the drugs is his top priority, and that the “only thing we have here is common sense.”
“It was definitely in that unit, that Airbnb,” he added. “Which particular person left the drugs is frankly not anything I’m trying to prove. What I want to show is Airbnb provided no cleanup, no warning, no measure of safety for the family.”
Lars Noah, a law professor at the University of Florida, told the outlet that “where that fentanyl comes from, linking it to this particular group, that just sounds monstrously difficult under these circumstances.”
“What is certain is, Enora had contact with fentanyl in the Airbnb,” Boris said.
source: people.com
