Palmdale mother charged with homicide in toddler’s fentanyl overdose dying

A 23-year-old Palmdale girl will face a homicide cost within the 2023 overdose dying of her 2-year-old son, Los Angeles County authorities stated Monday.

Anaie Flores was charged with one depend of homicide and one county of kid abuse inflicting the dying of her son, Angel, in November 2023, in accordance with a prison criticism.

Angel died after overdosing on fentanyl neglected by her mom, in accordance with Deputy Dist. Atty. Jonathan Hatami, who’s prosecuting the case.

Flores was arrested Thursday by L.A. County sheriff’s deputies and held in lieu of $2-million bail, jail information present.

It was not instantly clear who was serving as Flores’ lawyer. Her arraignment was continued on Monday afternoon, in accordance with Hatami.

Flores pleaded no contest to grand theft this 12 months and was sentenced to 2 years of probation in reference to a March housebreaking, court docket information present.

Though it’s uncommon for prosecutors to cost adults with homicide within the circumstances of unintentional overdoses involving youngsters of their care, it isn’t unprecedented. Hatami is pursuing an identical case involving the dying of a 17-month-old boy in Lancaster.

“Fentanyl is type of like a loaded gun. When you depart a loaded gun in your own home and it’s not locked up correctly and you’ve got youngsters, and a toddler will get ahold of that loaded gun and shoots themselves, the father or mother ought to be accountable,” Hatami stated in an interview with The Instances this 12 months. “That’s acutely aware disregard for the security of others.”

Not less than 11 youngsters youthful than 5 have suffered fentanyl-related deaths in California in 2023, in accordance with the state well being division.