Mother, roommate imprisoned for Colorado infant’s meth-tainted bottle feeding

An 11-week-old baby died in 2024 in Lakewood because a bottle of baby formula fed to him was contaminated with lethal amounts of methamphetamine.

Ezra Johnson sadly consumed a deadly formula. Paramedics were unable to revive him.

This week, his caretakers were sentenced to prison for his death.

Lisa Johnson, 32, Ezra’s mother, and Alexander Avila, 34, the man whom Lisa Johnson shared a room with, admitted that baby bottles were among the objects they used to store methamphetamine and other illicit drugs in their room, according to a press release from the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office announcing the sentences…

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