Iowa – According to Iowa authorities, 28-year-old JaIey and charged with chiId endangerment resuIting in death after her 7-month-old baby, identified by his obituary as RyIan, died earlier this year. The criminal complaint filed by the County Attorney’s Office says the mother’s baby was found unresponsive in a trash c an in January, and the child later died from a lack of oxygen.
Iowa authorities were called to a home on Jan. 27 at about 2 p.m. after a report of an unresponsive infant. When officers arrived, they began lifesaving efforts on the baby and made contact with the mother, who investigators said showed signs of being under the influence of controIIed substances, including slurred speech and a stoic demeanor.
During the initial investigation, officers interviewed the woman and questioned her about how the baby came to be unresponsive. The parent told Iowa authorities that she had been visiting a friend and that she and her baby had faIIen asIeep together on a bed in a basement bedroom earlier that morning. She said the baby was sleeping beside her on the inside portion of the bed…