Authorities are trying to figure out how the steak a family purchased at Walmart became contaminated with LSD, the Tamp Bay Times reported on Sunday.
Soon after eating their lunch, Jessica Rosado's fingers and toes grew numb, and she was pregant. Elyana Serrano threw up and Ronnie Morales saw his hand multiply in front of his eyes. Rayna Serrano, Jessica's sister, was trying to grab colors out of thin air.
When they showed up at a Tampa, FL hospital in March, tests showed that their cuts of steak had been contaminated with LSD.
It's still unclear what went wrong. Police have chronicled their efforts and have deemed the case inactive.
"It is a mystery," said police spokeswoman Andrea Davis. "And it will probably always remain a mystery."
Morales was reported sick by Rosado to paramedics at about 4 p.m. They drove to the hospital before EMT workers arrived.
Morales was experiencing difficulty breathing and walking at the hospital. Rosado was reportedly seeing colors and feeling dizzy. Rayna, 6, and Elyana, 7, said they were feeling the same way, and all knew something was wrong. They all had breathing tubes put in to aid their symptoms.
Rosado was pregnant at the time of the poisoning and had to undergo an emergency C-section to deliver her baby.
Rosano and Morales said they came from Waterbury, Conn. and weren't sure if they wanted to stay in Florida. The same day as the poisoning, the family had decided they would move back after Rosado had her baby.
Morales went to Walmart that same day and bought a package of bottom-round steak. They cooked it in the kitchen, making it the first meal they ate in their own house. Not too long after eating, they all fell ill.
The beef was produced in Georgia, and distributed by a local shipment center. Walmart has the option of rejection a shipment if it was damaged, but signed off on it when it was received, WTSP reported.
The family moved back to Connection shortly after being released from the hospital.
"All of the victims recovered completely and none are suffering any adverse effects from the LSD exposure," Detective Rachel Cholnik wrote. "There is no further investigation at this time."
