Texas baby dies with injection marks and positive heroin test

A 2-month-old girl who tested positive for heroin after she was found unconscious with injection marks in a West Texas home over the weekend died, police said Thursday (US time).

San Angelo police said Brixlee Marie Lee died Tuesday at Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth.

Police said Thursday officers took Brixlee to a San Angelo hospital Saturday after responding to a report of an unconscious baby. Hospital staff found injection marks on his limbs and head, and his urine tested positive for heroin, police said.

Later that day, she was transported to Cook Children’s, where she remained on life support until she was pronounced dead.

The girl’s mother, Destiney Harbor, 21, was arrested Saturday, along with her mother, Christin Bradley, 37, and Bradley’s boyfriend, Dustin Smock, 34, police said. All three have been charged with causing serious bodily injury to a child.

Police say the investigation is ongoing. Brixlee’s body has been sent for an autopsy.

Investigators learned that Harbor gave birth to Brixlee in late August at home and that the girl had never received formal medical care.

While executing a search warrant at the home, investigators found small amounts of what they suspected to be heroin, methamphetamine, marijuana and pills, in addition to drug-related paraphernalia.

Harbor and Smock remained in the Tom Green County Jail Thursday. Bail for Harbor was set at $ 100,000, while Smock’s bail was $ 50,000. Bradley was released Sunday on $ 50,000 bond.

The jail records did not list attorneys for them.

– AP