A 2-year-old kid who died July 23 had cocaine and fentanyl in her machine, and her father has been charged in connection together with her loss of life, the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office and Cherry Hill Police mentioned.
According to an Affidavit of Probable Cause, Cherry Hill cops and emergency scientific team of workers replied to a house within the 300 block of Evergreen Avenue round 7:46 p.m. on July 23. The kid, whose title is redacted within the commentary, was once subconscious and unresponsive. She had serious burns on her face and chest, the commentary mentioned, and a discharge from her nostril and mouth. She was once taken to Cooper University Hospital, the place she was once pronounced lifeless at 9:06 p.m.
Officers additionally noticed drug paraphernalia and used wax folds for heroin and plastic baggage with cocaine in the house, the affidavit mentioned.
The kid’s father, Walter H. Clark, is charged with irritated attack, irritated manslaughter and endangering. The 27-year-old was once charged after an investigation discovered cocaine and fentanyl within the kid’s machine. A detention listening to was once held Wednesday, and Clark might be held in Camden County Jail pending the end result of the case.
The fees in opposition to Clark are handiest allegations and he has now not be convicted in reference to this situation.
Phaedra Trethan has been a reporter and editor in South Jersey since 2007 and has coated Camden and surrounding spaces since 2015, targeting problems in terms of high quality of existence and social justice for the Courier-Post, Burlington County Times and The Daily Journal. She’s known as South Jersey house since 1971. Contact her with comments, information pointers or questions at ptrethan@gannettnj.com, on Twitter @By_Phaedra, or through telephone at 856.486-2417.
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