Girl dies from acute meth poisoning after drinking from her mom’s bong
A 5-year-old Colorado girl died from acute meth poisoning after drinking from her mother’s bong, getting left for three hours without medical help — despite “seeing monsters and demons,” according to court records.
Sophia Larson drank the tainted water from the bong her mom Stephanie Alvarado, 26, had been using during a drug bender with two cousins after losing her job because of a failed drug test, according to the arrest affidavit obtained by The Mercury News.
The youngster spat it out, saying “yucky” — but soon had terrifying hallucinations from the “very, very high” levels of meth that eventually killed her, the report says.
Instead of seeking urgent medical help, the adults prayed and read from the Bible — with the mom too scared of losing custody of the child to call 911, the affidavit says.
Even when she blacked out, the trio took her to a nearby apartment and gave her oxygen through a tube, the docs say.
They eventually drove her to Grand River Hospital, where Sophia was pronounced dead early Dec. 11, the affidavit said. Police found baggies filled with white powder, drug residue on a dollar bill, and pipes and bongs throughout the apartment, according to the report.
Last week, the death was ruled to be from methamphetamine intoxication after “very, very high” levels of the drug were found in the 5-year-old girl’s system, the Mercury News said.
The mom and her two cousins — Bertha Karina Ceballos-Romo, 28, and Daniel Alvarado, 27 — were all arrested last Thursday, the paper says.
They are all charged with child abuse resulting in death, possession of a controlled substance and reckless endangerment, according to the Rifle police arrest warrant affidavit.
Sophia’s 23-year-old dad Alec Larson — who says he split from his ex because of her drug problems — told Fox 31 that the death “changed me in a way that scares me.”
“If they would have taken her when they saw my daughter drank that, she may have been a little slow and not right in the head — but my daughter would still be here with me today,” he said. “I miss her every second, every day.”
via: https://nypost.com/2020/02/05/girl-dies-from-acute-meth-poisoning-after-drinking-from-her-moms-bong/
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