SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) — Baby Phoenix died at home the day before Mother’s Day with fentanyl powder splotched on her pink onesie. A San Jose police officer who tried to save the 3-month-old infant on May 13, 2023, said when he picked her up to perform CPR, the officer felt like he was “holding a doll.”
The baby’s mother, Emily DeLaCerda, screamed, “my baby is dead,” according to new court documents filed by Santa Clara County prosecutors.
Phoenix’s father, David Anthony Castro, still had a stash of fentanyl stored inside a Lego toy box in the San Jose home. In the hours leading up to his daughter’s death, the father had sent text messages to his drug dealer asking for “strong sh*t.”…