Sentenced: Springville Couple Arrested; Police Say 1YO Girl Who Died Had Easy Access To Drugs

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A couple who lived in what police called a "drug culture" in Springville, was arrested Wednesday after the woman's baby died.

Nicholas Wade Boyd, 31, was booked into the Utah County Jail for investigation of child endangerment resulting in death. Kaylee Michelle Rhoades, 27, was arrested for investigation of child endangerment. Both were also booked for investigation of drug possession and possession of drug paraphernalia.

On Wednesday, Rhoades called 911 to report her 1-year-old daughter was not breathing and did not have a pulse. First responders took the child to Utah Valley Hospital were she was pronounced dead, according to a police booking affidavit.

When questioned about what she had done that day, Rhoades told police she had visited a methadone clinic, which helps opioid addicts, the affidavit states. Based on that, officers questioned her more about her drug use.

She admitted to purchasing and smoking fentanyl pills and keeping them in a drawer next to her bed, according to the affidavit. She said she lives with her boyfriend, Boyd.

Police obtained a search warrant to go inside the home, and found "a plethora of drug paraphernalia … throughout the apartment, within easy access to a child. The amount of drug paraphernalia present was evident of drug culture and drug use in the home," according to the affidavit.

While at the hospital, Boyd was asked "if there were any drug-related items within reach of the child at the apartment and he answered, 'Yes,' and then repeatedly said, "It's all my fault!" according to the affidavit.

Springville couple arrested; police say 1-year-old girl who died had easy access to drugs

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At least the incubator knows it's her fault.

 

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SPRINGVILLE, Jan. 31 —

"Baby Rhoades," an 18-month-old girl, died after ingesting a lethal amount of methadone.

The girl's mother, Kaylee Michelle Rhoades, 27, took a two-hour nap after going to the methadone clinic with her daughter and woke up to find the child limp and unresponsive.

Rhoades pleaded no contest to manslaughter. Her live-in boyfriend Nicholas Wade Boyd, 31, pleaded guilty to child endangerment. Police found "a plethora of drug paraphernalia … throughout the apartment, within easy access to a child. The amount of drug paraphernalia present was evident of drug culture and drug use in the home," according to police.

Rhoades was sentenced to one to 15 years in prison. Boyd was placed on two years of probation. Method: Drug overdose Motive: Child abuse, drugs, domestic

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