A makeshift memorial remains outside a home in the 500 block of Jeanette Benton Drive, a tribute to 20-month-old Kaylei Carter, who died in May. 
 
 By Richard Gootee of the Courier and Press 
 
 The death of a 20-month-old Evansville girl happened at least in part because she had synthetic marijuana in her system, according to a report from a coroner's inquest. 
 
 Kaylei Carter was found dead on May 11 in a home in the 500 block of Jeanette Benton Drive in Evansville. 
 
 A coroner's inquest report lists the girl's death as caused by "streptococcal sepsis with contributing synthetic cannibinoids." 
 
 Steve Lockyear, Vanderburgh County's chief deputy coroner, said the toddler's cause of death was left "undetermined" because "of the unknown effects of K2 on a child." 
 
 Sepsis can develop after an infection and babies and toddlers are at an increased risk to be affected by it, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The initial autopsy on Carter's body showed no signs of trauma, but investigators ordered both a toxicology test and tests for natural disease after her death. 
 
 As of Friday afternoon, no criminal charges have been filed in Carter's death, according to the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor's Office. But given the findings in the report police are continuing to investigate the case. 
 
 "We'll get a file together and send it to the prosecutor's office," Evansville police Sgt. Loren Martin said. 
 
 That task could be done as early as sometime next week, he said. 
 
 Attempts to reach the girl's family Friday afternoon for comment were unsuccessful. No one answered the door at the Jeanette Benton Drive address. ||||| A Go-Fund Me page has been set up for the toddler who died Wednesday morning. Kaylei’s mother set up the page, and says she will be planning a funeral instead of a birthday. 
 
 Kaylei’s autopsy has been scheduled for Thursday morning to determine a cause of death. 
 
 According to the Vanderburgh County Coroner, a toxicology test for synthetic marijuana will be conducted on Kaylei. 
 
 If anyone wants to make a donation the link is below. 
 
 Justice for Kaylei Carter Go-Fund Me Page 
 
 Previous Story – 05/11/16 
 
 Police are actively investigating the death of a child under the age of two. The Vanderburgh County Coroner Confirms 18 month old Kaylei Carter is the toddler who was found dead. On Wednesday — police were called to Lincoln Estates for an unresponsive person. But when they arrived — the child was deceased. 
 
 Police aren’t saying much – but they do say the investigation into the death of 18 month old is not criminal. Neighbors tell us a different story, “Nothing is adding up right. First it was she was supposed to have died from a fever, then drugs being found. It’s too much going on,” said Nakia Holman, Kaylei’s aunt. 
 
 People we spoke to in Lincoln Estates say Carter’s death could involve synthetic marijuana — a dangerous drug known as “katy.” 
 
 “If this baby is sitting here eating a katy blunt — that would make a grown person’s heart race ten times faster then what is it doing to a babies heart? This was at 5:00 yesterday afternoon that this baby was eating this and nobody wanted to take her to the hospital,” said Kaylei’s Aunt Carla Holman. 
 
 Nakia Holman tried holding back tears, “It’s just crazy I don’t know, lost words for real.” Nakia is the toddler’s cousin — she found Kaylei inside the apartment – but it was too late, “She was already gone, her face was already blue, she was already stiff. I couldn’t do anything but try to hold her and rub her hand.” 
 
 Witnesses say the child’s mother was not at the apartment — and the child should not have been either, “With the baby being with her grandmother, it’s the grandmother’s responsibility but the grandmother is in a dope house. She was keeping a baby in a house where you’re selling drugs and doing drugs, ” said Carla Holman. 
 
 On Wednesday night friends and family gathered for a candle light vigil to honor Kaylei and remember the happy moments of the baby’s short life. Balloons and stuffed animals adorned her memorial as well as the the child’s sippy-cup. 
 
 The Vanderburgh County Coroner says Kaylei died hours before her body was found — preliminary tests were conducted today including x-rays of the child. A complete autopsy is scheduled for Thursday at 10 in the morning. 
 
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– Synthetic marijuana was at least partly responsible for the tragic death of a toddler in Indiana last month, according to a coroner's report. The report states that the death of 20-month-old Kaylei Carter involved "streptococcal sepsis with contributing synthetic cannibinoids," which were found in her system, reports the Courier & Press. Investigators ordered a toxicology test after the girl was found dead at an Evansville home May 11. The following day, the girl's grieving aunt told 44News that Kaylei had apparently eaten the drug, known as Spice or "katy," while in her grandmother's care. No charges have been filed in the case so far, but an Evansville police spokesman says a file will be sent to the prosecutor's office next week. (One of the 8,000 Spice poisonings reported in the US last year involved a man who died after a single toke.)