Sentenced: 9MO Dies After Drugs Mother Was Storing In Her Bra Fell Into Child's Crib

[Sugar Cookie]

A Peoria female broke down in tears Tuesday afternoon after she heard a judge order her held at the county jail on allegations her 9-month-old son overdosed on pills she dropped in his crib.

Zenai Denise Lashayla Wolford, 19, was seen on the video conferencing monitor shaking with emotion and crying. She stands charged with endangering the life and health of a child.

Circuit Judge Paul Gilfillan sided with prosecutors who sought to detain Wolford, saying he believed she was a danger to both children and other vulnerable members of the community.

Her attorney had sought to have her released into the custody of either her mother or her grandparents but Gilfillan nixed those ideas after he learned that Wolford’s mother was nine months pregnant and that her grandfather suffered from stage 4 kidney disease.

Several people from Wolford’s family filled one side of the room. The judge explained his reasoning to them, saying he was worried about those segments of the population that need constant care and protection.

Plus, he said, Wolford was in no stage of mind to be released, noting she was on self-harm watch at the jail.

All of those factors, he said, weighed in on his decision.

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Prosecutors said in court that Wolford brought her unresponsive baby to OSF St. Francis Medical Center on Friday, July 26. The child was nine-months old.

When police searched Wolford’s home, they found a plastic bag with MDMA, also known as ecstasy or molly, in the baby’s crib. The plastic bag looked like it was chewed on, according to prosecutors.

Authorities said Wolford admitted she bought the drugs and stored them in her bra. She believes the bag fell into the crib when she bent over to put the baby to bed.

Police said there were two pills left when they found the drugs in the crib. Wolford reportedly said there were many more pills in there when she placed them in her bra.

Although a toxicology report is pending, it’s believed the baby died from an overdose.

Peoria mother to remain in jail after baby’s deadly overdose

Emotional hearing in Peoria County Court

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[Busy Bee]

How careless can you be?? So sad that the baby who died was totally innocent, trusting in his mother for his care and safety! Ms Wolford should have to remain in prison till she can no longer produce any more innocent baby victims!!

 

[GoneWest]

Didn’t realize one’s mind had stages. Assuming he meant “no state of mind”. Wonder if the judge actually said stages or the reporter screwed it up. Kind of funny.

What I don’t get is how the mother didn’t notice her drugs were missing. They can’t be cheap and I’m guessing she bought them for a purpose. Do people buy drugs like that just to have on hand in case company comes over?

 

[Josh P]

Mom needs to be tits up.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

A Peoria woman accused of giving her child fentanyl, which eventually led to his death, reached a plea deal Thursday that would see her spend the next three years in prison.

Zenai Denise Lashayla Wolford, 19, had been charged with endangering the life of a child in August after her 9-month-old son Kaine died after he was found unconscious in their home on Green Street on July 26.

The Peoria County Coroner's Office said that Kaine was the victim of fentanyl intoxication that eventually led to his death, with Wolford being arrested by the Peoria Police Department after they found a small plastic bag containing ecstasy pills that the child chewed on.

Peoria mother sentenced to prison in her infant son's overdose death

The 9-month-old baby boy died in August of drug intoxication after being found unconscious.

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[Busy Bee]

Little Kaines life worth three years in prison? Cases like this should be mandatory sterilization, they should not have another chance to hurt an innocent child.

 

[Pinwheel]

Ate ecstacy/MDMA pills, but died of fentanyl intoxication, that's freaking insane. Those two things are not even close to being the same and should not be mixed at all.

Poor baby.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Kaine Santana Henry

 

[Aedia]

Ate ecstacy/MDMA pills, but died of fentanyl intoxication, that's freaking insane. Those two things are not even close to being the same and should not be mixed at all.

Poor baby.

Fentanyl is everywhere and in everything.
I go to a methadone clinic for pain relief now that opiates are so hard to get - even for those of us who have been on them our whole lives - and there is a board up with photos of drugs Fentanyl has been found in/is being passed as. It is INSANE! Absolutely everything is tainted with it now. They even buy pill presses and use them to shape fentanyl like other pills to trick buyers.
People are dropping like flies.
It's even more tragic in these cases where an innocent is given/a child finds a pill that they may have survived ingesting if it wasn't laced/cut/pressed with the stuff.