Los Angeles police officers arrested a suspect in connection to the deaths of two young children from an apparent fentanyl overdose. The saddest part: The prime suspect is the parent of the victims.
Police and paramedics said they responded to the home of Jestice James, 22, in Canoga Park last Thursday morning after she called 911 to report her two twin boys were unresponsive. The children, 3-year-old Jestine and Josiah, were rushed to the hospital. Josiah was pronounced dead by the afternoon, per the DA’s office. Jestine died two days later.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the children had ingested, or been exposed to, an unknown substance,” the LAPD said in a statement. Prosecutors now argue there’s evidence to prove the “unknown substance” was actually fentanyl.
In the past six months, Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Jonathan Hatami said he was notified of five isolated cases of children dying of fentanyl overdoses, per ABC 7 News.
A 2023 report from JAMA Pediatrics found over 5,000 children and teens died from fentanyl-related overdoses in the past two decades with a serious spike around the COVID-19 epidemic.
Source: The Heartbreaking Reason a Mother Was Arrested for the Deaths Of Her 3-Year-Old Twins
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