This could have been prevented had
she been more careful.
According to Salt Lake Tribune:
Tooele police have arrested a woman
on suspicion of homicide after she allegedly — but inadvertently — served her
2-year-old son an overdose of methadone.
The 32-year-old woman called 911
Friday evening when the family discovered that the boy was not breathing.
Emergency responders tried to save the boy, but he died at the home near 400
Oak St., said Tooele Police Capt. Paul Wimmer.
A few hours later, the boy’s
8-year-old brother and 5-year-old sister turned up at the emergency room having
also ingested methadone, police say. Both survived.
The 8-year-old told his aunt, and
the 5-year-old told a detective, that their mother fixed a pink drink for the
2-year-old, according to a probable cause statement. He did not like the drink
so the mother had the 5-year-old taste it; she said it was gross, the statement
adds. The mother then had the 8-year-old taste it, and he said it tasted like
medicine, according to