Madisonville Police Department officials say a woman is in jail after her child tested positive for fentanyl.
According to a police report, officers responded to a medical emergency Friday, April 10 involving a 3-year-old who was found to be lethargic with shallow breathing.
Officials say the child was transported to the Baptist Health ER and was later intubated and life-flighted to a children’s hospital.
Police say they later discovered that the child tested positive for fentanyl.
During the investigation, the child’s mother, later identified as Demontasia Thompson, told investigators she had been the only person with the child on this date.
Thompson consented to a drug test that tested positive for fentanyl.
She was booked into the Hopkins County Jail and is being charged with Criminal Abuse of a Child 12 or Under.
Police said the child has recovered and was discharged from the hospital over the weekend.
He says the boy is currently in the care of an aunt.
Source: WBKO
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