A Slidell man is facing a murder charge after sheriff’s deputies say a two-year-old girl who died while in his care had fentanyl and cocaine in her system.
According to St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office Lieutenant Suzanne Carboni, deputies arrested Christopher Baker on second-degree murder and drug possession charges. He remains in the St. Tammany Parish Jail as of Friday afternoon.
Carboni says Baker was tending two the two-year-old girl and her one-year-old brother on January 7 when both fell ill. EMS crews took both children to the hospital, where the two-year-old died. The one-year-old later made a full recovery and was released from the hospital. According to Carboni, toxicology lab results show the fentanyl and cocaine in the two-year-old’s sytem contributed to her death.
Carboni adds that deputies found drug paraphernalia in Baker’s home during their investigation.