Palmdale mother charged with murder in toddler's fentanyl overdose death

[ad_1] A 23-year-old Palmdale lady will face a homicide cost within the 2023 overdose loss of life of her 2-year-old son, Los Angeles County authorities mentioned Monday.

Anaie Flores was charged with one rely of homicide and one county of kid abuse inflicting the loss of life of her son, Angel, in November 2023, in keeping with a felony grievance.

Angel died after overdosing on fentanyl disregarded by her mom, in keeping with Deputy Dist. Atty. Jonathan Hatami, who's prosecuting the case.

Flores was arrested Thursday by L.A. County sheriff’s deputies and held in lieu of $2-million bail, jail data present.

It was not instantly clear who was serving as Flores’ lawyer. Her arraignment was continued on Monday afternoon, in keeping with Hatami.

Flores pleaded no contest to grand theft this yr and was sentenced to 2 years of probation in reference to a March housebreaking, courtroom data present.

Though it's uncommon for prosecutors to cost adults with homicide within the circumstances of unintended overdoses involving kids of their care, it's not unprecedented. Hatami is pursuing the same case involving the loss of life of a 17-month-old boy in Lancaster.

“Fentanyl is kind of like a loaded gun. In the event you depart a loaded gun in your home and it’s not locked up correctly and you've got kids, and a baby will get ahold of that loaded gun and shoots themselves, the mum or dad needs to be accountable,” Hatami mentioned in an interview with The Instances this yr. “That’s aware disregard for the security of others.”