A 3-year-old girl from Kentucky is now recovering with relatives, after police say she was force-fed alcohol.

Police say the little girl was taken to the hospital where investigators discovered she had a blood-alcohol level nearly twice the legal limit for adults.

Now, they are trying to figure out who's responsible.

"It's a first that I'm aware of," stated Chief Prosecutor Ken Easterling.

"You know, you have a 3-year-old who we believe was involuntarily intoxicated, meaning that she did not get into alcohol and drink it herself."

Police in Covington and Elsmere are trying to determine exactly where the girl was force-fed alcohol.

So much of it she registered a 0.15 BAC, twice the legal limit, and many injuries to her small frame.

"Bruising throughout the body, some bleeding on the brain, some shaking, classic shaking things that we have seen as well as broken arm, fractured in two different places," explained Easterling.

An emergency protective order is in effect.

The girl and her 4-year-old sister are in the supervised care of other relatives.

Investigators believe the older girl may have witnessed some or all of the abuse.

As for the medical staff on Feb. 29,

"Certainly were completely shocked when we got a blood result back that the child is almost twice the legal limit of intoxication. That's just frightening."

Authorities say the suspects include four adults who had access to the child during the 12 hours before she was admitted to the hospital.

Custody has been taken away from the child's mother.