VT couple charged with manslaughter in 7-month-old child's overdose death

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A Vermont couple has been charged with manslaughter in the May death of their 7-month-old infant who died of a drug overdose.

The couple from Barre Town pleaded not guilty on Monday to involuntary manslaughter and cruelty to a child with death resulting.

Police were called to the home on May 3 for a report of an unresponsive infant who was not breathing. The mother said she had been sleeping with the baby at the time. An investigation determined that a foreign object, believed to be drug packaging, became lodged in the child's airway, police said.

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A couple from Barre Town, Vermont, faces involuntary manslaughter and cruelty to a child charges after their 7-month-old fatally overdosed after allegedly chocking on drug packaging.

Fentanyl and xylazine, an animal tranquilizer, were found in the baby's system, police said.

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The lawyer who represented the mother at her arraignment did not have a comment on the case Wednesday. The father's attorney was not immediately available.