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Maryland mother will serve just five years in prison for the fenantyl death of her two-month-old son after mixing the drug in the same bath as her baby’s bottles
- Heather Marie Frazier sentenced to five years after the death of her two-month-old son
- Jeremy Frazier received the same sentence, with five years of probation released.
- Grayson Frazier died in 2020 from fentanyl poisoning in a basement
- The parents had been mixing drugs in the same bathroom where they prepared the bottles.
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A Maryland mother who killed her two-month-old son with the dangerous addictive drug fentanyl has been sentenced to five years in prison.
Heather Marie Frazier, 35, was charged with manslaughter in the 2020 death of her son Grayson.
He will serve five years in prison with five years of probation released after pleading guilty in August.
Medical personnel were called to the residence in Walden Way, Maryland on July 3, 2020 after reports that the infant had gone into cardiac arrest.
Heather Marie Farzier will serve five years in prison and five years of supervised probation after pleading guilty to one count of manslaughter
Baby Grayson was later pronounced dead at Frederick Health Hospital.
After a full autopsy of the boy’s body, the cause of death was determined to be fentanyl poisoning and the death was ruled a homicide.
Frederick County investigators decided that Grayson’s parents, Heather and Jeremy Frazier, 34, were suspects in the baby’s death.
Interviews with the suspects and family members revealed that the couple had been mixing the deadly drug in the same bathroom where they were preparing their son’s bottles.
“This is a tragic case where drug addiction has destroyed a precious young life and parents face the consequences of their reckless actions,” State Attorney Charlie Smith said of the case.
Jeremy Whitney Frazier, 35, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in March and was sentenced to five years in prison with five years of supervised probation released.