The California mother of a 1-year-old who died of fentanyl poisoning final yr by no means referred to as 911 and easily dumped the child’s physique at a close-by hospital, new paperwork reveal.
Korisa Lynn Woll — a 39-year-old meth addict and suspected fentanyl vendor — was arrested in June and charged with homicide, drug dealing and youngster abuse after her 20-month-old daughter’s physique was discovered of their housing venture condominium.
Woll’s 4-year-old son discovered the lifeless tot — recognized as “Child Z” — however couldn’t get up his mom, who was handed out in the lounge, in response to paperwork from the district legal professional’s workplace obtained by KRON 4.
Woll found her youngster’s physique the following morning, however as a substitute of calling for assist, she “tried to present the child Narcan and mouth-to-mouth (CPR),” Deputy District Lawyer Kristal Salcido alleged within the paperwork.
Child Z had been useless for between 9 and 11 hours earlier than Woll carried her to the doorway of a hospital emergency room, caught her in a wheelchair, alerted a safety guard and walked away, Salcido wrote.
She ultimately returned to retrieve the physique and informed workers her daughter had died of “one thing she picked up.”
A toxicology examination discovered 22 ng/ml of fentanyl in Child Z’s system — sufficient to kill two adults, KRON 4 reported.
Woll is being held with out bond and is awaiting trial.
Child Z’s father, Robert Tillman, had died of a fentanyl overdose only a few months earlier than his toddler daughter.
Woll and Tillman had three different kids: a 16-year-old daughter, 8-year-old son and 4-year-old son.
They might usually shut their youngsters within the bed room and do medication in the lounge, a neighbor/drug buddy informed investigators. Tillman had been charged with felony youngster abuse for allegedly strangling their 8-year-old. He was launched on bond and overdosed the identical day.
The mother and father had a number of youngster protecting providers instances open in opposition to them in Tennessee, the place that they had been residing earlier than transferring to California, however none in Santa Cruz.
“Regardless of a number of stories of abuse and neglect, each from police and the State of Tennessee, Santa Cruz DCFS didn’t open any case involving (Woll) both earlier than or after Robert Tillman’s loss of life,” prosecutors wrote.
