A Maryland mother who killed her two-month-old son with dangerous addictive drug fentanyl has been sentenced to five years in prison.
Heather Marie Frazier, 35, was charged with involuntary manslaughter over the death of her son Grayson in 2020.
She will serve five years in prison with five years of probation on release after pleading guilty in August.
Medical personnel were called to the residence in Walden Way, Maryland, on July 3, 2020 after reports that the infant had gone into cardiac arrest.
Heather Marie Farzier will serve five years in prison and five years on supervised probation after pleading guilty to a charge of involuntary manslaughter
Baby Grayson was later pronounced dead at Frederick Health Hospital.
After a full autopsy of the child’s body it was determined that the cause of death was fentanyl intoxication and the death was ruled as a homicide.
Frederick County investigators decided that Grayson’s parents, Heather and Jeremy Frazier, 34, were suspects in the infant’s death.
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Interviews with the suspects and family members revealed that the couple had been mixing the deadly drug in the same bathroom where they prepared their son’s bottles.
‘This is a tragic case where drug addiction has destroyed a precious young life and the parents are faced with the consequences of their reckless actions,’ said State’s Attorney Charlie Smith about the case.
Jeremy Whitney Frazier, 35, plead guilty to involuntary manslaughter in March and was sentenced to five years in prison with five years of supervised probation on release.
