The owners of an unlicensed home daycare where a two-year-old child died two years ago have been charged with obstructing police.
York Regional Police allege Olena Panfilova, 49, and Karina Rabadanova, 26, interfered with the investigation into the July 2013 death of Eva Ravikovich and destroyed evidence.
The pair and several others -- including the Ministry of Education -- are already being sued by Eva's family.
The statement of claim for the $3.5-million suit does not reveal what the family believes happened inside the daycare that led to their daughter's death, but alludes to an "incident."
Eva's death prompted an investigation by Ontario's ombudsman, which found unlicensed daycares in the province operate under lax and barely enforced rules in a system with legal loopholes
A public health report showed health inspectors found contaminated, expired and rotting food at the daycare the day Eva died there and ordered the facility shut down on the grounds of health hazards.
The girl was one of four children in the Greater Toronto Area to die in an unlicensed daycare in a seven-month period.
Panfilova and Rabadanova are due in court on Nov. 12.
