MO - Teen girl dies after mother gives her fentanyl pill to treat toothache - Nov. 13, 2024

[Clearsky]

Missouri teen dies after mom allegedly gave her lethal fentanyl pill to treat toothache: ‘This shouldn’t happen’

The mother “admitted to giving the victim what she believed to be a prescription pain pill and other street drugs were located inside the home with other minor children,” according to a warrant.…

nypost.com

Prosecutors in St. Louis charged Jacquelyn Powers with endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree, resulting in the death of a child, on Thursday, according to court documents.

 

[tlcya]

The mother told police that she thought she had given her daughter oxycodone, which she said she had from a previous surgery, according to Fox 2 Now.

However, an autopsy revealed that the child had died from a fentanyl overdose and tested negative for the presence of oxycodone.

Powers told investigators the reason she had the fentanyl pills was because she traded some of her oxycodone with her mother to “protect” her from dangerous pills she was allegedly buying on the street.
Missouri teen dies after mom allegedly gave her lethal fentanyl pill to treat toothache: ‘This shouldn’t happen’

what in the I don't buy it cockamamie nonsense?

 

[Twick]

Poor child. Sounds like her whole family is a mess.