KENNER, La. - A woman in Louisiana has been arrested on charges of second-degree murder after she allegedly admitted to taking narcotics before breastfeeding her 4-day-old child, resulting in the infant’s death.
Lana Cristina, 28, of Kenner, Louisiana, called 911 on June 10 at about 3:40 a.m. after she found her child was not breathing, according to a Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office news release.
The baby was taken to a local hospital where it was pronounced deceased that same morning, authorities said. An autopsy and toxicology report found that the child’s cause of death was acute fentanyl toxicity, according to the sheriff’s office.