According to a press release from the Waterloo Regional Police Service (WRPS) on Thursday, three people in Cambridge, Ontario, have been arrested after an investigation into the drug overdose death of a toddler to whom they are linked on December 1.
Three arrested after a boy died from a drug overdose in Ontario
Local law enforcement responded to a 911 call about a young male, age 2, in trouble at a Winter Court residence in Cambridge around noon on December 1, 2020. "This is a really tragic incident, and our hearts go out to the families and the whole community," WRPS public relations officer Cherri Greeno told Newsweek.
According to WRPS, law enforcement arrested a 59-year-old man and two females, aged 54 and 29, on Thursday and charged them with criminal negligence, as per Kitchener. The three people were all from Cambridge, although their identities have not yet been revealed.
According to the police department's report, the toddler was discovered by Emergency Services without any vital signs and was then pronounced dead. The death inquiry was made possible by collaborating with the WRPS Major Crime Unit officers and the coroner's office.
The drug suspected for the toddler's overdose is yet to be confirmed. "We are constrained on the details we are willing to disclose because this case is still underway and is currently in front of the justice system," Greeno said. WRPS said all three people connected to the toddler would appear in court on Friday at Kitchener's Ontario Court of Justice.
Meanwhile, WRPS's August 4 media release indicated that another toddler died in the Waterloo area last August, and the death was investigated as a murder-suicide.
Police were called to a home on Forsyth Drive in Waterloo around 9 A.M. on July 31, where they discovered a 2-year-old boy and his 38-year-old mother in medical distress. The responding officers and paramedics "performed life-saving procedures," the statement said, before taking the two to the hospital.
On August 2, the toddler "succumbed to his injuries" and died. The next day, the mother "surrendered to her injuries" and died. Police were not searching for any more suspects at the time of the investigation, and the child's death was being investigated as a murder by the WRPS Major Crime Unit. WRPS is urging those with relevant information to the pending inquiry into the 2-year-old's drug overdose death to call them or notify Crime Stoppers.
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In another case, a mother and father have been charged with first-degree murder in the suspected drug overdose death of their 2-year-old son in a Kansas City suburb. Shelly Vallejo, 29, and Jean Morales, 26, both of Shawnee, were in court for the first time on Friday.
They are both charged with aggravated child endangerment and a criminal allegation of using Fentanyl, a toxic synthetic drug that may be fatal if misused. Both are being held in custody on a $1 million bail, WIBW via MSN reported.
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