The bottle was small enough to fit in a coat pocket.

Its label was partly peeled back; the remaining print included a warning symbol and a product name.

Ruiz didn’t announce that it proved anything.

She photographed where it stood and requested a crime-scene team.

“Your daughter may have been exposed to something dangerous,” she explained.

“We need the gift set, the packaging, and any containers that could be connected to it.

The laboratory will tell us what was actually present.”