26-YEAR-OLD ASBURY PARK WOMAN TAKES RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FATAL OVERDOSE OF A TODDLER
" Quanique Smith Pleaded Guilty To Second Degree Aggravated Manslaughter In The Death Of Her 2-Year-Old Son."
Tuesday, May 30, 2023, 12:26 P.M. ET. By Art Fletcher: Englebrook Independent News,
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FREEHOLD, NJ.- Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago reported that on Wednesday, May 24, 2023, a 26-Year-Old Asbury Park, New Jersey woman Admitted Guilt in The Fatal Drug Overdose Death of her 2-Year-Old Son in early January 2023.
Quanique Smith, 26, of Asbury Park, Pleaded Guilty to One Count of Second Degree Aggravated Manslaughter, in Monmouth County State Superior Court.
Back on January 5, 2023, at approximately 1:00 a.m., Members of The Asbury Park Police Department responded to an apartment unit located on The 100 Block of Langford Street on a report of an Unresponsive Child. Upon arrival, Police Officers found a 2-Year-Old Child unresponsive. The Child was immediately transported to a local hospital, where despite lifesaving efforts the Child was pronounced deceased at just before 2:00 a.m.
A swift-moving investigation by Members of The Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office in conjunction with The Asbury Park Police Department quickly determined that quantities of Heroin and Fentanyl belonging to Ms. Smith had been left in the Family's Home and within reach of the 2-Year-Old and his 5-Year-Old Sibling, with the 2-Year-Old ingesting the Drugs that directly caused his Death.
FILED UNDER MAY 30, 2023: LAW, MONMOUTH: