Sentenced: St. Paul Woman Charged With Manslaughter In Her Mi'Vida's Death From Fentanyl

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Prosecutors filed two counts of manslaughter against 20-year-old Tessa Jean Vorlicky, accusing her of neglecting and endangering her child, leading to the baby’s death.

Police were called to a home in St. Paul on the night of Dec. 1, 2023. Court documents state that the caller reported a 1-year-old not breathing and Vorlicky was heard in the background yelling about Narcan. When the dispatcher asked why the child needed Narcan, the caller said the baby had gotten into drugs.

While Narcan was administered to the child, who was then taken to a hospital, she was declared brain dead on Dec. 5. The autopsy results later showed the child died from fentanyl toxicity, and a folded metal foil was recovered from her colon.

Vorlicky’s mother told officers that the child seemed fine earlier in the day and thought Vorlicky and the girl were asleep when she returned home. However, the child’s father later ran downstairs saying the girl wasn’t breathing as Vorlicky insisted on giving her Narcan, which Vorlicky’s mother said she thought was telling.

Vorlicky’s mother added that she frequently finds drug residue and burnt tinfoil around the home, according to a criminal complaint. When officers searched the home, they found dog feces on the floor, baggies of suspected drugs and burnt tinfoil in Vorlicky’s bedroom. They searched it again a few days later and reported finding 50 pieces of crumpled tinfoil with drug residue, loose pills in and on top of a dresser, cut straws, plastic baggies, a glass pipe and 28 more pieces of crumpled tinfoil with residue in another drawer. Several items later tested positive for fentanyl.

According to the charging documents, Vorlicky said she swallowed a Percocet that morning and later smoked meth in the hallway, then took a nap around noon with the child next to her. She awoke when the child’s father yelled for Vorlicky’s mother, saying the girl wasn’t breathing.

The documents also note that the girl was exposed to drugs when Vorlicky was pregnant with her and a hold was placed on the child when she was born because Vorlicky allegedly used fentanyl at the hospital while in labor.

The child’s father, 26-year-old Derrick Harrison, is also charged via warrant with child endangerment. He told investigators that he and Vorlicky were separated for over a year but he tried to check on the child several times per week. The complaint notes that he told investigators he should’ve gotten the child into a better situation.

St. Paul woman charged with manslaughter in 1-year-old's death from fentanyl

Autopsy results showed the child died from fentanyl toxicity, and a folded metal foil was recovered from her colon, court documents state.

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Mi'vida

 

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RIP beautiful girl, you deserved more than what your mother set you up for. Tessa, have the life you deserve knowing you are the reason for your daughters death.

 

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She looked like she was such a cuddly baby.

Using Fentanyl while in labor should have been the first and last sign she was going to be a shitty mother.

I also doubt dear old grandma would have kept this baby safe from her rancid daughter.

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March 31, 2025

One-year-old Mi’Vida Vorlicky died of a fentanyl overdose in December 2023 after ingesting her mother’s fentanyl at their St. Paul home. An autopsy showed she had a fragment of tinfoil in her colon.

On Monday, Assistant Ramsey County County Attorney Ryan Flynn noted in court at the mother’s sentencing how tinfoil is used to wrap and smoke fentanyl.

He said the room where Mi’Vida slept and the hallway leading to it was “peppered with these little tinfoil balls … and it is no surprise that a small child would find them fascinating and be curious about them.”

Judge Paul Yang went on to give the mother, 21-year-old Tessa Jean Vorlicky, four years in prison for second-degree manslaughter, which she pleaded guilty to in January.

“Ms. Vorlicky, you’ve not only hit rock bottom, you fell through the bottom,” Yang said. “You killed your own baby. So no matter how much jail time you have to do, it will not be enough. Your daughter’s life is more than any jail time or punishment the law can impose on you.”

The child’s father, 27-year-old Derrick Marshawn Harrison, faces a child endangerment charge and remains wanted on a warrant after failing to show up at a January court hearing.

‘Your daughter’s life is more than any jail time,’ judge tells St. Paul woman whose 1-year-old died after ingesting fentanyl

One-year-old Mi’Vida Vorlicky died of a fentanyl overdose in December 2023 after ingesting her mother’s fentanyl at their St. Paul home. An autopsy showed she had a fragment of tinfoil in her colon. On Monday, Assistant Ramsey County County Attorney Ryan Flynn noted in court at the mother’s...

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DOC Name: Tessa Jean Vorlicky

Sentence Date: 01/16/2025

Anticipated Release Date: 02/16/2027

Expiration Date: 06/12/2028

Highest Ranked Offense: Homicide