2 Arrested In Connection With Death Of 8YO Who Consumed Drugs In Coatesville

[Sugar Cookie]

Two people have been arrested in connection with the death of an 8-year-old who consumed illegal drugs last summer in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, the Chester County District Attorney's Office announced Tuesday.

Holly Back, 40, and Mousa Hawa, 41, were arrested for charges related to the death of a child in July 2023, the district attorney, the Coatesville Police Department and the Chester County Detectives said in a news release.

Coatesville police responded to a call about a child in cardiac arrest early in the morning on July 26, 2023, according to the statement. The child had "ashen skin" and was starting to turn blue in the mouth and ears when police arrived, and Hawa was performing CPR, the release said. Police took over CPR.

The child was transported to Chester County Hospital by ambulance but died there, according to the statement.

Hawa is the child's biological father, officials said. Both defendants have been charged with third-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter and related charges.

The home was "littered with drug paraphernalia," including pill bottles and a shoebox containing hundreds of "fentanyl/heroin bags" that were empty or contained residue, according to the release. Hawa told investigators that the child was not allowed to touch the illegal drugs, the release said.

Investigators also found text messages discussing drug use on Back's and Hawa's phones.

Tests of the child's hair, blood and urine found cocaine and fentanyl, including evidence of a prior fentanyl exposure, according to the news release.

2 arrested in connection with death of 8-year-old who consumed drugs in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, DA says

Two people have been arrested in connection with the death of an 8-year-old who consumed illegal drugs last summer in Coatesville, officials said.

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[Sugar Cookie]

Hunter

 

[scarlett221]

It is absolutely sickening that there were hundreds of fentanyl bags just lying around the house where a child could get them. These two deserve every bit of those third-degree murder charges for such gross negligence

 

[Sugar Cookie]

The parents of an 8-year-old boy who died from ingesting drugs were found guilty of third-degree murder in the Chester County Court of Common Pleas.

Hunter Hawa died in July 2023 of what the Chester County Coroner’s Office said was fentanyl, morphine and cocaine intoxication.

After a trial before Judge Analisa Sondergaard, a Chester County jury found Mousa Hawa, 43, and Holly Back, 42, guilty on all charges on Feb. 6.

Besides the charge of murder in the third degree, the couple was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter, aggravated assault of a child, endangering the welfare of children and reckless endangerment against a child.

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