ST. PAUL, Minn. – A prison criticism accuses a St. Paul mom of killing her toddler daughter loss of life by laying on prime of her whereas the 2 had been sleeping in the identical mattress.
Police say 20-year-old Justice Ellis had been ingesting when she brought about 28-day-old Nyomi Portillo-Ellis to suffocate on Aug. 16. Ellis is charged with second-degree manslaughter.
An post-mortem listed the reason for loss of life as mechanical asphyxiation and listed unsafe sleeping situations as a contributing issue. Ellis advised officers she had six drinks the night time earlier than. She mentioned she stopped ingesting about 1 a.m. and went to mattress about an hour later.
Supply: KFGO
