Dejah Foraker
5 months old
Died from a drug overdose
Marsha Foraker, 22, Dejah's
mother, has been charged with first-degree murder by abuse or neglect,
narcotics distribution and other crimes after she fed Dejah cocaine-laced
formula. The state medical examiner said cocaine was found in the baby's
blood, urine, bile and stomach and in her formula.
Only hours before Dejah's
death her mother had pled guilty to endangering the welfare of a child
and was sentenced to one year of supervised probation for drug and alcohol
evaluation. The charge stemmed from an incident during which Foraker tossed
a glass at two men in her apartment. The glass shattered above Dejah, who
was sleeping on the floor. The state took custody of Dejah that night,
but returned her a week later after her mother enrolled in parenting classes
and scheduled a drug evaluation.
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