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Posted on 06/26/2021 1:43:19 PM PDT by Libloather
Authorities in South Carolina say an infant died from ingesting cocaine. Now the baby’s teen parents are accused of homicide. Brady Lynden Wearn, 18, and Mary Catherine Bedenbaugh, 17, of Prosperity, S.C., were charged Friday, according to online records in Newberry County.
According to local sheriff’s deputies, paramedics responded to a call about a four-month-old unresponsive baby who was not breathing. The child was pronounced dead at Newberry Hospital.
“Due to this death being a child 17-years-old or younger, the Newberry County Coroner’s Office, Newberry County Sheriff’s Office, South Carolina Law Enforcement Division Child Fatality Unit and South Carolina Department of Social Services were notified to investigate,” deputies wrote.
A toxicology report revealed that the baby had cocaine in its system, authorities said. Further tests showed the drug was also in the baby’s feeding bottles. Wearn and Bedenbaugh submitted to a drug test; they tested positive for cocaine, fentanyl, and marijuana. Newberry County Coroner Laura Kneece ruled the baby’s death a homicide. The 4-month-old died from “sudden unexpected infant death associated with recent cocaine ingestion” according to findings from forensic pathologist Dr. Kelly Rose.
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The boyfriend has the look of a low-life thug. The girl looks like she may still have a conscience and realizes what she did.
They are both the scum of the earth.
Death penalty.
How in the heck does cocaine get in a baby bottle? I can see if she was nursing and the baby ingested it that way. But, in the bottle?
It was put there intentionally.
Maybe they figured it would quiet the baby down.
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Two of those James Carville type trailer trash.
I vote a big ass No to both your assertions
They both look like scum bags.
They are kids themselves and are beyond redemption.Lock em up
Reminds me of a Cletus / Brandeen all in the family relationship.
You wont even be able to surgically sterilize them.
Lethal injection would be justice.
Marijuana again...
That’s a real brain trust right there.
WABC talk show host Bob Grant used to call people like this “mutants,” which he pronounced like two separate words: “mew tants”
Babies having babies. Doesn’t end well. Particularly if drug use is involved
Monstrous pair.
Agreed
This is why the conservative side of my libertarian tendency wins.
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