A 7-year-old boy died after he received his head caught in a automobile window whereas his drugged-up mother was “handed out” within the entrance seat, in line with cops who charged her with homicide.
Mazi Simmons was discovered unconscious and never respiratory along with his head hanging out of the again window of a automobile parked exterior an Atlanta dwelling in April, in line with a warrant obtained by Folks journal.
His mom, Kandice Grace, 32, was “handed out within the driver’s seat,” with two of her different youngsters additionally within the automobile, in line with the doc.
The mother was arrested on Monday and charged with second-degree homicide and second-degree cruelty to youngsters.
A blood and urine check was constructive for opioids and THC, in line with the warrant.
A witness instructed police that Grace had stopped by his dwelling round 10 p.m. the evening earlier than, and determined to depart the youngsters within the automobile as a result of she didn’t need them to return inside. She left shortly afterward, in line with police.
The subsequent morning, the witness noticed Grace’s automobile within the car parking zone — together with her younger son’s head “hanging out of the window,” the warrant states.
“He started banging on the automobile to get up Ms. Grace,” police mentioned. Her unconscious son was rushed to the hospital, the place he was pronounced useless.
Police discovered Grace at a neighbor’s home together with her youngest little one. “Investigators tried to talk to Ms. Grace, nonetheless she stored passing out whereas sitting up and holding her little one,” the warrant alleges.
The mother is being held on the Fulton County jail.
