PALMDALE, Calif. (KABC) — A younger mom is dealing with homicide prices within the demise of her 2-year-old son who died by ingesting fentanyl in 2023 in Palmdale.
The kid’s mom, 23-year-old Anaie Flores, was arrested for homicide final Thursday.
Flores confronted a choose Monday to be arraigned, however there was no plea and the arraignment was postponed Oct. 28. She is being held on $2 million bail.
Deputies responded to a demise investigation on Nov. 7, 2023 within the 800 block of East Avenue P-15 in Palmdale involving the demise of a 2-year-old boy, in response to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Division.
Investigators decided the kid’s demise was brought on by fentanyl ingestion.
Relations instructed Eyewitness Information on the time of the tragedy that Angel had fallen asleep subsequent to his mom. When she awoke, they stated she seen her little one wasn’t respiratory.
Paramedics rushed the 2-year-old to the hospital, however it was too late. Video from that day exhibits Flores wrapped in a blanket exterior the house in tears.
After an exhaustive investigation, detectives set their sights on Flores as their homicide suspect and finally arrested her final Thursday, nearly two years after the kid’s demise.
Prosecutors stated traces of fentanyl had been found all through the mom’s residence and so they blame her for the kid someway fatally ingesting it.
Relations in court docket Monday had been too distraught to talk to Eyewitness Information, however the kid’s grandmother did converse quickly after the tragedy in 2023.
“When she get up the newborn was already lifeless…it was like purple. That is what she instructed me what occurred,” stated Zulma Flores. I can not consider it what occurred… I am harm.”
Flores stays behind bars along with her bail set at $2 million. Arraignment is scheduled for Oct. 28.
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