A suspected drug dealer is facing murder charges in connection with the fentanyl deaths of two babies in May and August of 2023 in San Jose, California, Santa Clara County prosecutors said.
“District Attorney Jeff Rosen’s office announced Friday that 33-year-old Philip Ortega has been charged with murder in the May 2023 death of the infant, who prosecutors called ‘Baby Phoenix,’” CBS News reported on Friday. “Ortega was previously charged with murder in the Aug. 2023 overdose death of another infant, who was dubbed ‘Baby Winter.’”
The father of Baby Phoenix, 40-year-old David Anthony Castro, is also facing a murder charge after being previously charged with felony child endangerment, prosecutors said…