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Law enforcement in Boulder City, Nevada arrested and charged the parents of an 8-month-old child with murder after an autopsy report revealed the baby died after exposure to fentanyl, police said.
The Boulder City Police Department and Boulder City Fire Department attended the scene on November 15, 2022 after receiving reports of an 8-month-old child who was unresponsive and not breathing.
When rescue crews arrived, they immediately began life-saving efforts and took the infant to a hospital in Henderson, Nevada, where the baby was pronounced dead.
DETROIT MOTHER ACCUSED OF MURDER, CHILD ABUSE IN FENTANYL-RELATED DEATH OF 4-YEAR-OLD CHILD
Jeffrey Terakami and Kara Marie Dugan are charged with murder in the death of the child who died after police said the child was exposed to fentanyl. (Boulder City Police Department)
The Clark County Coroner’s Office performed an autopsy on the child and found that the cause of death was “a consequence of fentanyl toxicity”. The report also found that the child had been exposed to methamphetamine.
Detectives conducted interviews with both parents, Jeffrey Terakami, 36, and Kara Marie Dugan, 31, and both said the child was exposed to a mixture of methamphetamine and fentanyl after Terakami spilled a bag of the mixture on their bed.
The child, the parents announced, was later allowed to crawl onto the same bed where the drugs had been spilled.
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The police charged Terakami and Dugan with it second degree murder on June 16, and they were transported to the Clark County Detention Center.
Greg Wehner is a breaking news reporter for Fox News Digital.
