- Franklin County prosecutor says the boy, Kanye Champelle, got the fentanyl from atop a refrigerator and ingested it while the baby sitter was gone
- The prosecutor says the woman, 60-year-old Sheila Hutchins, ran errands and left several children she was baby-sitting
- She was charged on Friday with involuntary manslauter and child-endangering and remains held on a $50,000 bond
- It is unknown who the drugs were for
A woman has been indicted on involuntary manslaughter and child-endangering charges in the death of a 12-year-old boy who authorities say died from a fentanyl overdose during a sleepover at her Ohio apartment.
The Franklin County prosecutor says the boy, Kanye Champelle, got the drug from atop a refrigerator and ingested it while the baby sitter was gone.
The prosecutor says the woman, 60-year-old Sheila Hutchins, ran errands and left several children she was baby-sitting.
Franklin County prosecutor says the boy, Kanye Champelle (left), got the drug from atop a refrigerator and ingested it while the baby sitter – 60-year-old Sheila Hutchins (right) – was gone
County court records listed no attorney for her Monday.
She was charged on Friday with involuntary manslauter and child-endangering and remains held on a $50,000 bond.
Hutchins initially was jailed earlier this month on the same charges in the boy’s July death.
She was charged on Friday with involuntary manslauter and child-endangering and remains hed on a $50,000 bond
Emergency crews were called to the apartment found the boy unconscious after he had reportedly started choking.
He died at a hospital two days later.
It is unknown who the drugs were for.
It is unknown who the powerful drugs were for