Saturday, June 11, 2022

Chalk up another meth death of an infant

Parents in Texas face murder charges after their baby girl died from being exposed to methamphetamine, according to police. 

Shawn Edward Lankford, 43, and Heather Dijon Williams, 30, were charged with murder for their alleged connection with the death of their infant child. 

On March 19, 2022, first responders and deputies from the Ellis County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call that a child was not breathing. Emergency medical services personnel were performing CPR on a female infant child. The baby was rushed to the Methodist Midlothian Medical Center. However, the baby died the same morning after “lengthy life-saving measures.” 

An autopsy conducted by the Dallas County Medical Examiner's office revealed the infant's cause of death was “toxic effects of methamphetamine in an unsafe sleeping environment.”

Deputies told KWTX-TV that the baby died after ingesting meth.

After the cause of death was established by authorities, arrest warrants were issued for the parents. Lankford and Williams were arrested on June 7, 2022.


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