Teen mom charged with aggravated manslaughter for giving 9-month-old baby fentanyl
A 17-year-old Florida mother has been charged with aggravated manslaughter after she gave her 9-month-old baby fentanyl thinking it was cocaine. A 17-year-old mother in Florida has been arrested after her 9-month-old baby died when she allegedly put fentanyl in the child's bottle, police said. The suspect has been charged with aggravated manslaughter and possession of a controlled substance. After claiming she did not know what happened, the mother eventually admitted to investigators that she put a substance she thought was cocaine in the baby's bottle to put him to sleep. The investigation revealed the substance was actually fentanyl , according to Nassau County Sheriff Bill Leeper. MORE: Woman arrested in connection with death of Robert De Niro's grandson, sources say Leeper said deputies responded to a report of a baby boy who was not breathing and had no pulse on June 26. A responding deputy found the child unconscious on the floor of the living room. The deputy p...