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A four-year-old Missouri girl has died from a heroin overdose after she ingested the drug her mother had left lying around.

Sanaa Riggins was found unresponsive at her family'Évaluation S Capsules home at 91000 block of Cozens Avenue Saturday night around 6.30pm.  Emergency personnel transported the child to St. Louis Children's Hospital. She was pronounced deceased an hour later, St Louis County Police said. 

The child's mother, Christine Huntspon, 32, was arrested on Sunday and charged with first-degree child endangerment resulting in death.

Officers discovered a number of heroin capsules when they arrived at the home. The child's mother admitted to using the deadly drug the morning of her child's death, and professed that her addiction, likely caused her child's death.

Huntspon is being held at the St. Louis County Jail on a $500,000 cash-only bond, First Alert News reported.





Christine Huntspon, 32, was arrested on Sunday and charged with first-degree child endangerment resulting in death. She appeared barely coherent in her mug shot 





Sanaa Riggins, 4,  pictured  as a baby, died on Saturday night after ingesting her mother's heroin that had been lying around the home 





Huntspon in an undated photo appearedopen about her drug addiction, and was a drug-user while pregnant with her daughter, officials said

 The child's father, who had legal custody of the child, due to the mother's addiction, lived in the same home with his family.

Huntspon, was open about her drug addiction, and was a drug-user while pregnant with her daughter, officials said.

 She reportedly told officers she did not know of any other person who would have brought drugs into the home.

Police said the child's father did not showed any signs of drug use, as per the new outlet. 


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