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2-month-old Texas girl dies after being injected with heroin, baby's grandmom, mother and her boyfriend charged

The baby was taken to the Shannon Medical Center in San Angelo by officers in a patrol vehicle, while one administered CPR to the newborn
UPDATED NOV 14, 2020
Destiney Harbour, Christin Chanelle Bradley, Dustin Wayne Smock (San Angelo Texas Police Department)
Destiney Harbour, Christin Chanelle Bradley, Dustin Wayne Smock (San Angelo Texas Police Department)

SAN ANGELO, TEXAS: A 2-month-old Texas baby girl who tested positive for heroin after being found with injection marks has died, police said.

Brixlee Marie Lee, who was found unresponsive on Saturday, November 7 at a home in San Angelo, died on Tuesday, November 10, at Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth, police said.

Lee was taken to the Shannon Medical Center in San Angelo by officers in a patrol vehicle, while one administered CPR to the newborn — after they responded to the residence on a report of an unconscious infant, department officials said in a statement. Hospital staff found injection sites on her extremities and head, and her urine tested positive for heroin, the police department reported.

On Saturday, Lee was taken to the Fort Worth hospital which was around 225 miles away, where she remained on life support until doctors pronounced her dead. A subsequent inquiry unveiled that her 21-year-old mother, Destiney Harbour, had given birth to her at her home in late-August and never took the newborn to a hospital or to see a doctor, police said. Harbour’s 37-year-old mother, Christin Chanelle Bradley, and her 34-year-old boyfriend, Dustin Wayne Smock, had helped in taking care of the infant at the home, authorities said.

It was reported that the investigation team found suspected heroin, methamphetamine, marijuana, pills and drug paraphernalia while doing a search at the residence. Harbour, Bradley and Smock have now been charged for causing serious bodily injury to a child and may face additional counts, according to cops. 

According to the police statement, "Harbour is being held on $100,000.00 bond. Smock is being held on $50,000.00 bond. Bradley was released on November 8, 2020, after posting a bond."

An autopsy is being conducted to determine Brixlee’s cause of death. “This is an ongoing investigation and additional information will be released when it becomes available,” police said Thursday.

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