i'm katherine hauser. the little girl's family is speaking out about the horrifying hours their daughter went missing. >>> we appreciate your being here this noon type. the woman they once trusted to watch their little girl now facing charges of taking the toddler in the middle of the night. our nicole jacobs is live where the baby-sitter is due in court at any moment. good afternoon, nicole. >> reporter: good afternoon to you, chris. the details of this case are unimaginable. because of the sensitivity of it all, we chose not to use the little girl's name or picture. i can tell you right now inside court family members of the suspects are waiting for their daughter to be arraigned. this of course as the family of that little girl is asking for privacy. a frightening ordeal sends shock waves through a hamilton community. a 2-year-old little girl reported missing found hours hearing from that little girl's parents through a written statement. we have suffered a horrific ordeal it reads. daughter back. we ar

i'm katherine hauser. >>> jim smith is live with the details this noon. >> reporter: that's right. apparently the students had been working with hydrochloric acid in a classroom recently and there was some residual vapors. that made some of the students here sick. >> we had 17 students that were complaining of symptoms like headache, nausea. >> reporter: anxious moments at the boston arts academy. hazmat teams rushed to the school after an acid spill made students sick. >> about 17 students said they were exposed. we had a couple of companies go n. checked it out. it was some type of venting machine. usually it does all vents but opened it up, there was some residue left. >> reporter: the deputy says none of the students appeared seriously ill. technicians checked the atmosphere in the classroom and the school and they say all levels are now within normal limits. >> inside everything is orderly to the point where i passed by and i'm not entirely sure what happened. i was not evacuated. it looks like it was all under control. >> reporter: the original number was 17 students transpor