A Georgia mother is behind bars after she allegedly filled her 2-month-old son’s bottle with booze, leading to his death with a blood-alcohol concentration of .179.
Omayrilin Colon, 37, is facing charges of murder and first-degree cruelty to children, jail records say. According to local ABC affiliate WSB, Atlanta police responded to a call on Oct. 14 about an unresponsive baby at an apartment on Perry Boulevard. Paramedics rushed the boy to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.
While there were no obvious signs of trauma, authorities conducted an autopsy with toxicology testing to determine a cause of death. The boy’s BAC was .179, which is more than twice the legal limit of .08 for an adult to legally drive a vehicle. The cause of death of the boy who has not been publicly identified was alcohol poisoning, per WSB…