Woman charged with murder in Virginia after child dies of fentanyl overdose
A woman was arrested Tuesday in Virginia after her infant died as a result of ingesting fentanyl earlier this year, authorities said Wednesday.
On June 23 at around 3 a.m., officers responded to an apartment in the 14700 block of Soapstone Drive in Gainesville for the report of an unconscious 20-month-old child, Prince William County police said in a statement. According to the statement, Tiffany Nicole Stokes was sleeping next to her 20-month-old child when she woke to find him unconscious.
Stokes was arrested Tuesday and charged with felony homicide, felony child neglect and drug possession, police said.
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