A San Fernando Valley mother is facing murder charges after her 3-year-old twin sons died from fentanyl poisoning.
A San Fernando Valley mother whose 3-year-old twin sons died from fentanyl poisoning is facing murder charges in their deaths, prosecutors said Tuesday.Jestice James, 22, faces two counts of murder and two counts of child abuse or endangerment under circumstances or conditions likely to cause great bodily harm or death after her son Josiah died on July 11 and his twin brother Jestine died two days later, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.
James is scheduled to appear in Los Angeles County Superior Court Tuesday and is being held on $4 million bail.On July 11, first responders arrived to a home in in Canoga Park, near Sherman Way and Winnetka Avenue, shortly after 11 a.m. and tried saving the boys but Josiah died that same day. His brother, Jestine, was initially hospitalized in critical condition, police said, but was pronounced dead two days later.
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