{"id":2130,"date":"2019-06-07T09:01:16","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T23:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/mum-put-fatal-dose-of-fentanyl-in-baby-s-sippy-cup-so-she-could-relax-and-smoke-marijuana-prosecutor-2\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T21:02:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T10:02:14","slug":"mum-put-fatal-dose-of-fentanyl-in-baby-s-sippy-cup-so-she-could-relax-and-smoke-marijuana-prosecutor-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/mum-put-fatal-dose-of-fentanyl-in-baby-s-sippy-cup-so-she-could-relax-and-smoke-marijuana-prosecutor-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mum put fatal dose of fentanyl in baby&#8217;s sippy cup so she could &#8216;relax and smoke marijuana&#8217;: prosecutor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(The Monster that is Marijuana A-Motivation; and people want governments to endorse this psychotropic toxin through law??!!)<\/p>\n<p>A woman found guilty of spiking her baby&#8217;s sippy cup with a fatal dose of fentanyl committed the crime in order to quiet the child so she could &#8220;sit back, relax and smoke marijuana,&#8221;&nbsp;a prosecutor said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Assistant district attorney&nbsp;Diana Page told a&nbsp;Pennsylvania jury that&nbsp;Jhenea Pratt, 23, drugged&nbsp;her&nbsp;17-month-old daughter, Charlette Napper-Talley, in April 2018 with&nbsp;the &#8220;specific intent to kill,&#8221; according to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.post-gazette.com\/news\/crime-courts\/2019\/06\/03\/toddler-fentanyl-death-poisoning-mother-jhenea-pratt-pittsburgh-east-hills-trial\/stories\/201906030081\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pittsburgh&nbsp;Post-Gazette<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That baby was getting in the way of her enjoying her pastime,&#8221;&nbsp;Page claimed, referencing the mother&#8217;s drug use.<\/p>\n<p>Pratt was convicted on Tuesday of&nbsp;involuntary manslaughter and endangering the welfare of a child.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tests received by the Allegheny County medical examiner\u2019s office revealed the&nbsp;presence of fentanyl in the toddler&#8217;s blood. Red liquid inside a&nbsp;pink sippy cup found on the toddler&#8217;s bed&nbsp;also tested positive for enough of the potent drug to &#8220;kill two horses,&#8221;&nbsp;Detective Michael Flynn&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.post-gazette.com\/news\/crime-courts\/2019\/06\/03\/toddler-fentanyl-death-poisoning-mother-jhenea-pratt-pittsburgh-east-hills-trial\/stories\/201906030081\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>&nbsp;during an interrogation.<\/p>\n<p>When asked how the incident may have unfolded, Pratt told investigators,&#8221;I have no knowledge as to how fentanyl got into my daughter&#8217;s sippy cup.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/article\/news\/2019\/06\/05\/mom-put-fatal-dose-of-fentanyl-in-babys-sippy-cup-relax-and-smoke-marijuana\/23742430\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">For Full Story<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(The Monster that is Marijuana A-Motivation; and people want governments to endorse this psychotropic toxin through law??!!) A woman found guilty of spiking her baby&#8217;s sippy cup with a fatal dose of fentanyl committed the crime in order to quiet the child so she could &#8220;sit back, relax and smoke marijuana,&#8221;&nbsp;a prosecutor said Monday. 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