FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Fort Wayne police say that officers arrested a couple in connection to the death of a four-year-old child who died in July 2022.
WANE-TV reports that according to court documents, the child died due to cocaine and fentanyl toxicity.
The four-year-old was reported not to be breathing when first responders were called on July 15, 2022, to a home that was reportedly in a very poor and filthy condition. The child was taken to the hospital where they died later.
It was after testing that it was determined that the child had ingested several different drugs.
Following those results, Jonathan Mulvihill and Noel Christian Wood were arrested Thursday. They each face charges of Neglect of a Dependent Causing Death and two counts of Neglect of a Dependent.
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FWPD officials released the following:
On January 12th, 2023 at approximately 1600 hours, Noel Christian Wood and Jonathan Mulvihill were taken into custody at separate locations in Fort Wayne without incident. Both were detained with the help of FWPD Homicide, Vice/Narcotics, Gang Unit, Air Support Unit and ACPD Warrants Division.
