A Missouri woman in the US has been charged with mu*der after allegedly giving her 14-year-old daughter a fentanyl pill when she complained of a toothache.
Jacquelyn Powers, 35, was arrested last week for the October 3 death of the teenage girl, reported Fox 2.
According to Overland Police, Powers allegedly gave her daughter a pill she found in a drawer, and then 10 hours later, the child was found dead.
She reportedly believed the pill was an oxycodone from her own previous surgery, court documents state.
However, an autopsy report revealed that the girl died of a fentanyl overdose, with no oxycodone detected in her system.
‘This is tragic. This shouldn’t happen. She’s 14, she had a lot of years to look forward to, ‘ Overland Police Department Capt. Jim Morgan said.
Powers admitted to police that she had exchanged some of her oxycodone for pills her mother had bought on the street, in exchange for ‘protection.’
According to court documents, she also kept those pills in a drawer.
Powers has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child and felony murder of a child. She is currently detained on a $150,000 bond and her next court appearance is set for November 19.
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