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Jorge Suarez-Santiago, 32, and Jayleen Rivas-Rodriguez, 35, are both wanted on arrest warrants, prosecutors said in a release on Wednesday, April 17.
According to investigators, their son Johansy Suarez-Rivas died at St. Luke’s Hospital-Sacred Heart on April 5, 2021. Authorities said he had 16.5 nanograms per millimeter of fentanyl in his blood at the time.
Suuarez-Rivas' cause of death was ruled fentanyl toxicity and the manner of death was accidental, the release says.
Prosecutors said Rivas-Rodriguez left the child in Suarez-Santiago's care before leaving the house for several hours that morning, "despite knowing that Suarez-Santiago was visibly intoxicated."
"Rivas-Rodriguez provided Suarez-Santiago heroin prior to leaving Johansy in his care that day," the release says.
When she returned home later, Rivas-Rodriguez found the toddler unresponsive, authorities said. Investigators later determined he had ingested a lethal dose of fentanyl.
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