A 23-year-old Palmdale lady will face a homicide cost within the 2023 overdose demise of her 2-year-old son, Los Angeles County authorities mentioned Monday.
Anaie Flores was charged with one rely of homicide and one county of kid abuse inflicting the demise of her son, Angel, in November 2023, in accordance with a felony grievance.
Angel died after overdosing on fentanyl overlooked 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’ legal professional. Her arraignment was continued on Monday afternoon, in accordance with Hatami.
Flores pleaded no contest to grand theft this yr 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 instances of unintentional overdoses involving kids of their care, it’s not unprecedented. Hatami is pursuing an identical case involving the demise of a 17-month-old boy in Lancaster.
“Fentanyl is type of like a loaded gun. In case you depart a loaded gun in your own home and it’s not locked up correctly and you’ve got kids, and a baby will get ahold of that loaded gun and shoots themselves, the dad or mum needs to be accountable,” Hatami mentioned in an interview with The Occasions this yr. “That’s acutely aware disregard for the security of others.”
At the very least 11 kids youthful than 5 have suffered fentanyl-related deaths in California in 2023, in accordance with the state well being division.
