Woman charged in newborn's cocaine death - MSNewsNow.com - Jackson, MS
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (AP) - Authorities say an Ocean Springs woman has been charged with manslaughter after an autopsy confirmed her newborn's death was caused by cocaine overdose.
Jackson County Sheriff Mike Byrd says 32-year-old Antoinette Newsom was arrested Friday and was being held at the county's adult detention center. A dispatcher at detention center said Sunday he didn't know whether Newsom had an attorney.
Byrd says Newsom delivered a full-term baby boy, who died a few hours after birth. Byrd says an autopsy revealed the baby died because of an excessive amount of cocaine in his system.
The sheriff says Newsom was out on $5,000 bail from a Dec. 10 charge of felony possession of heroin.
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