4-Week-Old Inside Car When Franklin County Parents Overdose On Drug, Police Say

CBS St. Louis

September 5, 2021

A couple was arrested after allegedly overdosing on drugs while their 4-week-old child was inside the backseat of the car in Franklin County, Mo. Friday, police said.

Child endangerment charges have been filed against 25-year-old Haley Kester, of Montgomery City, and 40-year-old John Carpenter.

Ambulances were called to a parking lot near the 1900 block of East 5th Street after receiving calls of a man and woman slummed inside a car. Once there, they found Kester and Carpenter suffering from apparent drug overdose. Narcan was given to the 25-year-old woman while the man became alert after Sternum Rub was applied to him. Traces of heroin/ fentanyl were found inside the car.

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