Boy, 2, dies after consuming fentanyl mother purchased with stimulus verify, cops say
Lauren Ashley Baker, 33, admitted to cops in Ludlow Thursday that she acquired the extremely addictive artificial opioid final weekend in Cincinnati whereas utilizing funds from her stimulus verify, WXIX reported.
After getting the extremely addictive drug — as much as 100 instances stronger than morphine — Baker stated she introduced it again to Ludlow, the place she shared it with two different folks, a police report reveals.
She then stated she “took a shot” of fentanyl someday Thursday earlier than falling asleep. Her 2-year-old son then ate among the drug, which was in her purse, as she dozed away, police stated.
(Kenton County Jail)
Baker later awoke to seek out her purse emptied out and her son not respiration. The boy’s father, who was not recognized, known as cops when he acquired house, in accordance with the police report.
Cops discovered the boy in respiratory arrest after they arrived on the residence.
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He was rushed to Cincinnati Kids’s Hospital, the place he was pronounced lifeless, investigators stated.
A substance believed to be fentanyl was found scattered throughout a mattress contained in the residence, in addition to empty packaging for Narcan, a drug designed to dam the consequences of opioids, in accordance with the police report.
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Baker, who’s dealing with fees of homicide, importing fentanyl and trafficking of a managed substance, stays held with out bond on the Kenton County Detention Middle, information present.
It’s unclear precisely which stimulus verify Baker was speaking about to cops. The third spherical of coronavirus aid to taxpayers was deposited into roughly 90 million financial institution accounts on Wednesday — days after police say she admitted utilizing stimulus funds to get the fentanyl in Cincinnati.
If convicted of homicide, Baker might withstand 50 years in jail, WCPO reported.
She’s set to seem in court docket Friday, in accordance with WLWT.
