A 40-year-old babysitter has been charged with manslaughter after “taking a fentanyl pill and falling asleep on a nine-month-old baby who suffocated”
- Mary Elizabeth Evans, a 40-year-old woman from Panama City, Florida, has been charged with manslaughter following her arrest this week
- In June 2021, she was found unconscious sitting next to a bed with half her body on a nine-week-old child.
- Investigation found that Evans bought fentanyl earlier in the day and took the pills before her childcare shift
- Investigators also found a blue pill on the floor of the bedroom where Evans had fainted.
- Evans was sentenced to Bay County Jail pending her first court appearance
Wife in Florida was arrested in the death of a nine-week-old baby she was looking after in June 2021 after she was allegedly taking fentanyl pills, then fell asleep and strangled the child.
Mary Elizabeth Evans, 40, of Panama City, Florida, has been charged with manslaughter, according to the Bay County Sheriff’s Office.
Emergency workers rushed to a home in Fountain – about 30 miles from Panama City – on June 6, 2021, to find Evans lying unconscious, sitting on the side of the bed, with her upper body crushing the baby watching a child. , according to a press release from the Bay County Sheriff’s Office.
The unidentified child was pronounced dead after being taken to a local hospital. The medical staff was able to revive Evans. It was not clear whether the accused had a lawyer who could speak on her behalf.
Mary Elizabeth Evans, a 40-year-old woman from Panama City, Florida, has been charged with manslaughter. In June 2021, she was found unconscious sitting next to her bed with half her body on top of her newborn. She is being held in Bay County pending a hearing and sentencing
The investigation found that Evans bought drugs earlier in the day and took them by crushing and sniffing the pills before her shift to look after a child with the newborn, according to authorities.
The blue pill, which investigators found on the floor of the bedroom where Evans had fainted, was later confirmed by the Florida Law Enforcement Administration as fentanyl.
Police said Evans took fentanyl before fainting from the victim, strangling the baby to death.
“Investigators found that Evans bought the drugs earlier in the day and swallowed them by crushing and sniffing the pills before taking care of the child,” police said.
Evans was found unconscious, sitting on the side of her bed, her upper body completely covering the child.
Evans was sentenced to Bay County Jail pending her first court appearance.
A blue pill found by police on the floor of the bedroom where Evans fainted was later confirmed by the Florida Law Enforcement Administration to be fentanyl (pictured)
The Bay County Sheriff found Evans lying unconscious, sitting on the side of the bed, with her upper body crushing the baby she was looking after last June
Information about her guarantee has not yet been released.
It is still unclear whether she would plead guilty on Thursday, PEOPLE said.
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