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A one-month-old baby who died after his mom left him inside a hot car actually passed away from cocaine intoxication, it has been revealed.
The Peoria County Coroner’s Office announced on Tuesday that Grayson Luncsford had enough cocaine in his body that it was “the immediate cause of death.” The infant had also suffered heat stress, dehydration, malnutrition, and neglect.
On the evening of September 16, police responded to reports of a dead baby in North Peoria, Illinois.
The baby had been pulled from a U-Haul pickup truck by a family member and was unresponsive and not breathing, reported Fox2Now.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to the autopsy, Grayson had been dead for 12 to 24 hours before he was found.
The baby’s mother Andrea Luncsford, 26, was arrested and charged with murder and endangering the health and life of a child. She has been held in Peoria County Jail since.
Peoria Police and the PCCO are still investigating how the cocaine entered Grayson’s system.
On the day of Grayson’s death, witnesses said they saw the truck parked on the street with its windows rolled up for hours, Fox2Now reported.
Luncsford’s father told investigators his daughter had called him “all day” asking for gas money, reported 25NewsNow. When he refused, he reportedly texted her saying: “You know that baby can overheat and die. Please let us help you.”
Following Grayson’s death, Luncsford allegedly admitted to investigators that she had a “$20 a day crack usage habit” and that, on that day, she had propped up Grayson’s bottles in his car seat so the one-month-old could “feed himself”, the outlet reported.
Baby who died after mom left him in hot car passed away from cocaine intoxication
Baby’s mother Andrea Luncsford, 26, is charged with murder and endangering the health and life of a child
www.the-independent.com