After breastfeeding her newborn, they both fell asleep, she woke up but the baby never did. No one suspected anything until autopsy revealed mom’s drugs in baby’s lifeless system.
A new mom has been arrested and is facing charges of second-degree murder after being accused of killing her newborn daughter by breastfeeding her. Thirty-five-year-old Brandi Froeba from Louisiana allegedly nursed her 6-week-old daughter after using methamphetamine, an illegal narcotic that police believe poisoned her baby through her breast milk.
Froeba called for help on August 16 after she breastfed her daughter Daisy earlier that day and then both fell asleep, according to People. Froeba reportedly told police that when she woke up hours later, she noticed that Daisy wasn’t breathing. The mom quickly dialed 911, and officers who arrived on the scene tried to revive the infant. They then rushed Daisy to Ochsner Medical Center — Kenner, where the baby was declared dead.
At the time, police did notice that Froeba was lethargic and her speech was slurred — which was suspicious considering her daughter was in peril. So they asked Froeba to give a blood sample and she agreed to do it, but she allegedly told them that she had smoked marijuana the previous day.