Boston mother and father charged with killing their 5-week-old child lady; fentanyl and cocaine present in toddler’s blood

A Dorchester father and mom have been charged with killing their 5-week-old child lady, based on officers who mentioned fentanyl and cocaine have been discovered within the toddler’s blood.

Gerard Winn, 52, and Raynell Reed, 31, have been charged with manslaughter, the Suffolk DA’s workplace introduced on Monday.

Reed first discovered she was pregnant in September 2024 and was instructed that her anticipated due date was Feb. 7, 2025.

However Reed gave beginning at dwelling to a woman on Dec. 5, 2024 — two months untimely.

In the course of the 5 weeks of the toddler’s life, she failed to realize or preserve weight and was severely malnourished, based on prosecutors.

Regardless of figuring out that their child was born two months untimely and seeing the new child was unable to realize or preserve weight, Reed and Winn allegedly by no means sought any medical take care of the toddler as her well being continued to considerably deteriorate, prosecutors mentioned.

Then on Jan. 9 at 10 a.m., Reed known as 911 reporting that the newborn was not respiratory. Boston Police and Emergency Medical Companies responded, and the toddler was transported to Boston Medical Heart, the place she was pronounced lifeless.

The toddler weighed solely 2.5 kilos when she died.

The Workplace of the Chief Medical Examiner decided that the toddler died resulting from “acute intoxication from the combined effects of fentanyl and cocaine, in a premature infant with malnourishment and sepsis,” the Suffolk DA’s workplace wrote.

Toxicology confirmed the presence of each fentanyl and cocaine within the toddler’s coronary heart blood and liver blood.

Reed and Winn allegedly used unlawful substances within the toddler’s presence, leading to her publicity to those substances.

“It’s difficult to conceive of something more tragic than a child being born and then ignored to the extent it leads to death by malnourishment and sheer neglect,” Suffolk DA Kevin Hayden mentioned in an announcement.

“The allegation that the parents were using dangerous drugs in the newborn’s presence only adds to the terrible aspects of this crime,” the DA added.