High school soccer star Zach Didier thought he was taking a mild pain killer. Instead, he swallowed a fentanyl pill that was a real killer. His father found him dead, slumped over his desk. Now his parents are fighting back.
A California man has been arrested after police found him possessing enough fentanyl to kill 12 million people, KABC-TV reports. On Wednesday, the California Highway Patrol pulled over 60-year-old Alfonso Gomez-Santana during a traffic stop in Fullerton. Inside his vehicle, officers discovered four kilos of fentanyl and an additional 20 more kilos at his home, according …
A Tennessee grand jury has indicted a Nashville mother on a charge of first degree murder following the death of her 3-year-old daughter last year. Prestina Clark-Wilcox, 24, is behind held on a $250,000 bond, WSMV reported. Metropolitan Nashville Police said Paris Clark-Wilcox was found unresponsive in her mother’s home last July. Clark-Wilcox and her …
A Kentucky mother has been charged with murder after her 2-year-old son ingested her fentanyl while she was sleeping. First responders found the boy in respiratory distress when they responded to a call in Ludlow at about 3:300 Thursday afternoon. He was taken to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. His mother, 33-year-old …
Months after a missing Ohio boy’s body was reportedly found in a shallow grave on a farm, authorities announced on Wednesday that they’ve arrested someone in connection with his death. A Caroll County grand jury indicted Matthew Little, 29, was indicted on 15 criminal charges in the death of Jonathon Minard, 14. Carroll County Sheriff …
A Pennsylvania jury found a mother guilty on two counts relate to the death of her 17-month-old daughter last year. According to the New York Post, 23-year-old Jhenea Pratt was convicted on Tuesday of involuntary manslaughter and endangering the welfare of a child. “That baby was getting in the way of her enjoying her pastime,” …
A reported drug-addicted Missouri mother was charged Wednesday for allegedly stealing her terminally ill daughter’s pain medications police say. After responding to a report of a drug offense, authorities arrested Carol Ballweg, 46, of Troy, on four counts of stealing a controlled substance and two counts of abuse of a vulnerable person, the Troy …
The mother and grandparents of a 9-month-old New York boy were recently arrested after the infant reportedly choked on a plastic bag containing drugs and nearly died while in their care. Police responded to the Rochester home at 2 p.m. Sunday, following reports of an unresponsive baby. Upon arrival, first responders performed CPR on Prince DeJesus …
A Florida couple was arrested Wednesday after their 8-month-old son died of an apparent fentanyl and cocaine overdose. According to WKMG, David Williams Chappele Jr., 29, and Jessica Marie Strickland, 27, were arrested eight months after officers found their son, Tanner, unresponsive at their Brevard County home on September 6, 2017. The child was pronounced dead …
A California mother is accused of not calling 911 as her 16-year-old son overdosed—and ultimately died—on fentanyl-laced Xanax. KRON reported that Danielle Foernsler, 34, and her friend, Robert D. Harrison, 39, were arrested after Harrison’s roommate called 911 Monday morning and reported that the teen was having a seizure. The roommate claimed he had just awoken …
Three women found dead in an Akron, Ohio, home last week possibly overdosed on fentanyl, one of the women’s mothers revealed. Per the Cleveland Scene, girlfriends Ashtyn Andrade and Tara Williams had invited Courtney Collier to their home Friday to celebrate Andrade’s 20th birthday. Police found the three women dead Saturday night after Collier’s mother and boyfriend …
‘Whoever is supplying these babies with drugs, needs to be stopped!’
