Drug vendor mother whose child died of fentanyl by no means known as 911: docs
The California mother of a 1-year-old who died of fentanyl poisoning final yr by no means known as 911 and easily dumped the infant’s physique at a close-by hospital, new paperwork reveal.
Korisa Lynn Woll — a 39-year-old meth addict and suspected fentanyl vendor — was arrested in June and charged with homicide, drug dealing and youngster abuse after her 20-month-old daughter’s physique was discovered of their housing venture house.
Woll’s 4-year-old son discovered the lifeless tot — recognized as “Child Z” — however couldn’t get up his mom, who was handed out in the lounge, in line with paperwork from the district legal professional’s workplace obtained by KRON 4.
Woll found her youngster’s physique the subsequent morning, however as an alternative of calling for assist, she “tried to provide the infant Narcan and mouth-to-mouth (CPR),” Deputy District Legal professional Kristal Salcido alleged within the paperwork.
Child Z had been lifeless for between 9 and 11 hours earlier than Woll carried her to the doorway of a hospital emergency room, caught her in a wheelchair, alerted a safety guard and walked away, Salcido wrote.
She ultimately returned to retrieve the physique and instructed workers her daughter had died of “one thing she picked up.”
A toxicology examination discovered 22 ng/ml of fentanyl in Child Z’s system — sufficient to kill two adults, KRON 4 reported.
Woll is being held with out bond and is awaiting trial.
Child Z’s father, Robert Tillman, had died of a fentanyl overdose just some months earlier than his toddler daughter.
Woll and Tillman had three different kids: a 16-year-old daughter, 8-year-old son and 4-year-old son.
They might typically shut their children within the bed room and do medication in the lounge, a neighbor/drug buddy instructed investigators. Tillman had been charged with felony youngster abuse for allegedly strangling their 8-year-old. He was launched on bond and overdosed the identical day.
The dad and mom had a number of youngster protecting companies circumstances open towards them in Tennessee, the place that they had been residing earlier than shifting to California, however none in Santa Cruz.
“Regardless of a number of studies of abuse and neglect, each from police and the State of Tennessee, Santa Cruz DCFS didn’t open any case involving (Woll) both earlier than or after Robert Tillman’s dying,” prosecutors wrote.
