WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — An autopsy has found that a Wichita toddler who died at a motel overdosed on the addiction treatment medication methadone.
KAKE-TV reports that the autopsy results for 2-year-old Zayden JayNesahkluah were released Wednesday.
Kayden’s body was found May 31 at a Wichita motel. His mother, 23-year-old Kimberly Compass, was charged earlier this month with first-degree murder. Her next court date is scheduled for Sept. 5.
Zayden is at least the ninth child age 5 or younger to die in the Wichita area under suspicious circumstances since 2017. Several of the children died after state welfare officials had contact with their families.
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