Drugs in Breast Milk Killed Baby, Mother Charged: DA

The mother of an 11-week-old who died April 2 in Bucks County has been charged with criminal homicide after the district attorney alleged that the newborn died from drugs transmitted through breast milk. Samantha Whitney Jones, 30, of New Britain Township, is being held on $3 million bail after an initial arraignment Friday. "An autopsy found that the baby died from a combination of methadone, amphetamine and methamphetamine, allegedly transmitted through Jones' breast milk," the DA's office said in a press release.
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