UPDATE Bucks County father in custody, charged in death of 4-month-old after fentanyl found in child's blood
TREVOSE, Pennsylvania -- A father is now in custody after his 4-month-old was found unresponsive in a Bucks County home earlier this year, according to police.
The child's mother, Felicity Westmoreland and grandmother, Donna Westmoreland, were previously taken into custody and charged in connection to the death.According to Bensalem police, officers were dispatched to a report of a baby in cardiac arrest at a home on Oak Avenue in Trevose on January 7. Police said an autopsy of the infant revealed the presence of fentanyl in the child's blood and the cause of death was determined to be"adverse effects of fentanyl."
Officials said the home was in disarray with clothes, trash and old food. Police also discovered numerous drug baggies, syringes and a tourniquet. Those items tested positive for the presence of fentanyl and cocaine, police said.
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