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"Amanda Leonard-Helum, 38, was arrested Tuesday night, nearly three weeks following the incident. She allegedly drove the toddler, who police had said she was adopting, and an unrelated 4-year-old boy from Waterloo to Des Moines the night of June 26, which is when the boy accessed the pills, the Des Moines Police Department said in a news release.
"Upon arriving in Des Moines, Leonard-Helum became aware that during the drive, the 2-year-old child had accessed and ingested pill/tablet medications that were prescribed to Leonard-Helum," the news release stated. "Rather than seek medical care, Leonard-Helum decided to monitor the child throughout the night."
Before 8 a.m. June 27, officers and medics responded to an apartment complex in the 3600 block of East Douglas Avenue, where they found "a deceased 2-year-old male," the release said.
Toxicology reports indicated the boy died due to an overdose, police said. The 4-year-old was monitored at a local hospital, the release said, but there was no indication that he ingested medications.
Leonard-Helum was "in the final stages of adopting" the 2-year-old, who was the son of an ex-boyfriend, Des Moines police spokesman Sgt. Paul Parizek said. They were in Des Moines to visit her current boyfriend, who is the father of the 4-year-old, the Des Moines Register reported in June."
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"Upon arriving in Des Moines, Leonard-Helum became aware that during the drive, the 2-year-old child had accessed and ingested pill/tablet medications that were prescribed to Leonard-Helum," the news release stated. "Rather than seek medical care, Leonard-Helum decided to monitor the child throughout the night."
Before 8 a.m. June 27, officers and medics responded to an apartment complex in the 3600 block of East Douglas Avenue, where they found "a deceased 2-year-old male," the release said.
Toxicology reports indicated the boy died due to an overdose, police said. The 4-year-old was monitored at a local hospital, the release said, but there was no indication that he ingested medications.
Leonard-Helum was "in the final stages of adopting" the 2-year-old, who was the son of an ex-boyfriend, Des Moines police spokesman Sgt. Paul Parizek said. They were in Des Moines to visit her current boyfriend, who is the father of the 4-year-old, the Des Moines Register reported in June."
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