BATON ROUGE — A grandmother has been found guilty in the 2022 death of her 4-year-old granddaughter, whose blood alcohol content was eight times the legal limit. A jury unanimously found the grandmother, Roxanne Record, 57, guilty of manslaughter in the death of 4-year-old China Record.
The toddler, China Record, was found dead inside a home on Wallis St. on April 21, 2022. The coroner ruled the child’s death as a homicide from ‘acute alcohol poisoning.’ Her blood alcohol content was 0.68, per police. That’s more than eight times the legal limit for an adult.
The little girl’s mother, Kadjah Record, now 32, and grandmother, were both arrested and charged with first-degree murder. On May 1, 2026, a jury unanimously found Roxanne Record guilty of a reduced charge for manslaughter. Meanwhile, the case against the child’s mother is still ongoing with the next court date scheduled for June 2026. It comes after she rejected the state’s offer.
During the trial, prosecutors presented evidence that Roxanne Record got upset that her granddaughter may have drank from the alcohol bottle on the counter. That’s when the grandmother forced the 4-year-old to drink the remainder of the Canadian Mist bottle, which was more than halfway full.
Kadjah is also facing charges because she admitted to officers that she was present the entire time and did not stop her own mother from forcing the toddler to finish the bottle. In fact, she said she watched her mother leave the kitchen with the alcohol bottle and return shortly after with an empty bottle.
Roxanne Record has not been sentenced at this time. Manslaughter carries a maximum sentence up to 40 years behind bars.
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