‘Not breathing’: Mother caused 1-year-old daughter’s overdose and death by keeping drugs in her motel room, police say

A woman in Charlotte, North Carolina, is accused of exposing her 1-year-old daughter to drugs, leading to the child’s overdose and death.

Brionce Parks, 26, has been charged with child abuse and exposing a child to a controlled substance, both felonies. The death investigation began just after Christmas Day concluded.

At about 1:20 a.m. on Friday, officers with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department responded to a call for help at a motel on the 3400 block of Queen City Drive in the city. When they entered the Studios & Suites 4 Less motel room, they found a 1-year-old girl “not breathing,” according to a press release…

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