A 28-year-old Iowa mother has been charged after police say she fell asleep under the influence of drugs and later discovered her infant son head-first inside a trash can, motionless and not breathing.
Investigators believe the child, named in records as R.S., died as a result of asphyxia.
Infant Found with His Head Inside Trash Can After Mother “Passed Out”
According to the criminal complaint, the incident occurred on January 27 while Jaley Bush was visiting a friend at his home on Hickory Terrace in Keokuk. Bush brought her baby with her, and the two slept together on a bed in a basement bedroom.
When Bush awoke, she informed investigators that she discovered her infant “head first and unresponsive inside a trash can next to the bed.”…