An Indiana couple has been arrested and charged with felony youngster neglect after their six-month-old child overdosed on fentanyl and methamphetamine.

The toddler additionally had unhealthy diaper rash, pulmonary edema, and a Staph an infection.

Nichole Neely, 42, and Owen Miller, 43, every face one rely of neglect ensuing within the loss of life of a dependent and two counts of neglect the place they positioned the dependent in a harmful scenario, in accordance with a report from WNDU.

The infant was discovered unconscious and never respiration after a involved neighbor known as the police on January 18.

The toddler was transported to the hospital however was pronounced deceased.

WNDU stories:

In an interview with authorities, Neely instructed investigators that the kid had been mendacity down in her bed room with Miller when she went to the kitchen for 10 minutes. When she returned, she claimed the kid was limp and never respiration and that they tried to take the kid to a neighbor who occurred to work within the medical subject.

One other neighbor later visited the kid’s house, the place they discovered the 6-month-old unresponsive and blue and proceeded to try CPR.

Police say that once they arrived on the house, they discovered trash on the ground, counter tops, and desk within the kitchen. Additionally they discovered open containers of moldy meals coated in flies within the kitchen, accompanied by a robust odor of trash and rotting meals all through the house.

Courtroom paperwork spotlight the state of decay the home was in because it was so filled with trash that police may solely open the door to the bed room midway. Police found a child bottle on the mattress containing brown liquid with a small fly floating inside.

Miller was overdosing when police arrived and was handled with Narcan.

Two different kids, six and eight years outdated, had been additionally taken to the hospital and handled for fentanyl poisoning.