Louisiana mother charged with homicide after allegedly taking fentanyl, breastfeeding 4-day-old daughter

Lana Cristina, 28, allegedly admitted to police that she used narcotics beforehand.

Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joseph Lopinto stated in an announcement Thursday that Cristinaa??s daughter died on June 10 however the mom was now being charged after the outcomes of an post-mortem and different forensic examination.

Lana Cristina, a 28-year-old Kenner girl, allegedly admitted to police that she used narcotics earlier than breastfeeding her 4-day-old daughter.
(Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Workplace)

“Toxicology studies have been just lately returned that led to the dedication that the sufferera??s reason for dying was acute fentanyl toxicity,” the assertion reads.

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Deputies had rushed to a lodge at round 3:40 a.m. on June 10 after Cristina known as 911 to report her little one had stopped respiratory, in response to the sheriff.

First responders rushed the sufferer to the hospital, the place she was pronounced useless. Authorities didn’t instantly launch the womana??s identify.

Jail data present Cristina is being held on $400,000 bond on the homicide cost and $500 bond for every of the 2 lesser expenses.

Cristina beforehand served jail time after allegedly offering heroin to a pal, Amber Hollis, who overdosed and died in 2013, in response to the Occasions-Picayune. She pleaded responsible to negligent murder and was sentenced to 5 years.

Fentanyl is lethal even in small doses, in response to the Nationwide Institutes of Well being (NIH), and artificial opioids prefer it are the main reason for overdose deaths within the U.S.

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Fentanyl could be 50 to 100 instances stronger than morphine, in response to the NIH. It’s generally blended with different medication, together with cocaine, methamphetamine and MDMA, which may result in lethal unintentional overdoses in individuals who don’t even notice theya??re taking it.

Investigators in San Diego, Calif., launched bodycam video this week that exhibits a deputy in coaching collapse final month simply after getting too near the drug throughout a automobile search.

Michael Ruiz is a U.S. and World Reporter for Fox Information.