ME Found So Much Fentanyl In 6-Week-Old Jaxson's Blood ... Possibly Through Breastfeeding

[Sugar Cookie]

Warrants show that police responded to the apartment on Godby Road on January 17. When officers got there, 6-week-old Jaxson was unresponsive.

His parents, Albadeau Philius and Shaquoria Stuarts, told police that they were sleeping in the bed with Jaxson and their 2-year-old son, according to warrants. Once their alarm went off at 9 a.m., Albadeau put Jaxson in his crib. Warrants said that's when he noticed blood coming from the 6-week-old's nose and he was not responding.

Warrants also stated that the last time baby Jaxson was seen alive was when Stuarts breastfed him at 4 a.m. that day.

A medical examiner did a reenactment with both parents, and it lined up with their story. That was until earlier this month when officers were told that Jaxson's death was being ruled a homicide, according to warrants.

A final autopsy revealed that fentanyl was found in Jaxson's blood, warrants stated. The records added that toxicology results showed the 6-week-old had 4-ANPP in his system--evidence of a designer opiod and byproduct of fentanyl, according to authorities.

Police say the medical examiner found so much fentanyl in Jaxson's blood that "such a high dosage would be fatal in adults" and could have possibly been "passed through breastfeeding."

Police questioned the parents on Monday about the infant's death. When asked about the drugs, Stuarts denied using them. She also said she did not give her baby any medication. Albadeau stated that he was unaware of drugs and never saw his wife do any, warrants added.

The Georgia Council for Recovery says mothers who do take drugs, either during pregnancy or after giving birth, are often too frightened to tell anyone and seek help.

“They just fear the stigma that they'll face in the community and it kind of sways them from seeking help," Demetra Boles with the GCR said. "The greatest challenge in mothers struggling with substance use disorder is the fear of stigma and reaching out, and how they'll be viewed. 'What led to the circumstances?' and 'What could become of the circumstances.'"

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Warrants: College Park parents arrested, accused of murder of 6-week-old after fentanyl found in system

Baby Jaxson Philius died in January just six weeks after he was born. His death was ruled a homicide earlier this month.

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[BuffettGirl]

"Substance Abuse Disorder" my ASS! That's just a prettified way of saying "drug addict". Illicit drugs killed this baby and at the very least Mom, and probably Dad too, should spend a lifetime in jail...

 

[runninfawn]

she chose to breast feed her baby, she also chose to do drugs so therefor she chose to poison her baby through her breast milk... wouldn't it have been way better to simply stop breast feeding your child if you had started again to use drugs and go buy formula?? if you couldn't afford formula there are lots of places that you could have gotten it for free... oh at first it would prob be a struggle to get your baby used to bottle feedings and also the formula but at least your baby would be alive.....

 

[Blizzard]

they were sleeping in the bed with Jaxson and their 2-year-old son, according to warrants. Once their alarm went off at 9 a.m., Albadeau put Jaxson in his crib. Warrants said that's when he noticed blood coming from the 6-week-old's nose and he was not responding

Internet says that nose bleeds are not a common symptom of fentanyl overdose

Kinda sounds like they crushed their baby by sleeping with it (1) AND got it exposed to fentanyl (2)

very unlucky baby