Toddler dies after mother gives her a sippy cup laced with fentanyl while she went to smoke cannabis
It has been claimed that a 17-month-old toddler has died from fentanyl poisoning after her mother gave her a drink in her pink sippy cup that contained the deadly drug in it. The authorities said that 23-year-old Jhenea Pratt found her toddler daughter, Charlette Napper-Talley, in an unresponsive state when she went to check on her after smoking cannabis.
Officers who rushed to the home after being called found a pink sippy cup next to the child's bed that contained a red colored liquid inside. The authorities revealed that a dangerous amount of fentanyl, which is a drug that can be up to 100 times stronger than heroin, was found in the toddler's blood and traces were found in the sippy cup. The police in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, has ruled that the child's death was a homicide due to fentanyl poisoning.