Milwaukee mother accused; son’s death from probable fentanyl exposure

MILWAUKEE – A 24-year-old Milwaukee girl is accused within the loss of life of her 5-year-old son. The health worker says the kid’s loss of life could have been brought on by fentanyl publicity. The accused is Kanesha Jones – and she or he faces the next felony counts: 

• Neglecting a child-consequence is loss of life
• Neglecting a child-specified exhausting didn’t happen and baby underneath 6 years of age
• Bail leaping (felony)

Based on the felony grievance, Milwaukee police have been dispatched to a house close to thirty seventh and Inexperienced Tree on Wednesday, Could 11 in response to a 5-year-old baby who was unresponsive and never respiration. Firefighters tried lifesaving measures, however the baby, recognized as Kayden Jones, was pronounced deceased.

Investigators carried out an interview of the defendant, Kanesha Jones. She mentioned Kayden went to high school on Could 11 — and returned dwelling round 2:30 p.m. The defendant acknowledged Kayden “appeared exhausted, and requested Kanesha if he might take a nap,” the grievance says. The boy went to Kanesha Jones’ bed room. He awakened round 6:30 p.m. and got here into the lounge.

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After Kayden woke up, the grievance says Kanesha went grocery procuring. She returned between 9 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. — and seen Kayden was asleep on her mattress. The grievance says after placing the groceries away, the defendant went to get up Kayden. At the moment, she seen Kayden “was not respiration and his lips have been blue. Kanesha checked for a pulse and couldn’t find one. Kanesha Jones subsequently referred to as 911,” the grievance says.

Officers who arrived on the scene “noticed suspected marijuana in plain view,” the grievance says. Jones admitted to having marijuana in a dresser drawer and smoking it every so often. When requested about medicine within the dwelling, the grievance says Jones “gave consent for police to go looking her residence.”

Throughout a search, police positioned a rubbish bag in a dumpster that might be traced again to Jones’ residence. Contained in the bag, officers discovered “9 clear plastic baggies which seemed to be nook cuts per avenue sale narcotics. There was additionally a foil wrap with white powdery substance inside, in addition to a transparent plastic baggie with a white chunky substance inside,” the grievance says. Officers examined all of the substances. The grievance says the “white chunky substance recovered from the scene examined optimistic for the presence of fentanyl.”

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Investigators later interviewed Jones once more. Throughout that in-custody interview, she confirmed understanding her boyfriend sells medicine or “dope.” The grievance says the “‘dope’ is a big white chunky substances that was like powder, however not ‘powdery.’” Jones additionally confirmed that this boyfriend “lays out tin foil out on the kitchen counter the place he packages his medicine on the market” — and that he was “packaging his medicine on Could 11,” the grievance says. Jones admitted that after Kayden died, “she suspected he died on account of being uncovered to a bootleg substance,” the grievance says.

Jones made her preliminary look in Milwaukee County courtroom on Saturday, Could 21. Money bond was set at $15,000. Jones is due again in courtroom for a preliminary listening to on Could 31.