HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) — A 25-year-old former medical assistant has pleaded guilty to poisoning her 2-month-old daughter with morphine in a bid to attract the attention of the child’s father. She was on probation for a similar crime in California.
Sara Rose Dillard appeared in Washington County Circuit Court on Wednesday and admitted giving her daughter Elise a high dose of the opiate in June. Judge Mark Gardner sentenced Dillard to seven years in prison.
Authorities said Dillard, of Beaverton, was on probation from California for feeding her son, who was 10 months old at the time, two opiate pills.
Both children survived.
Sgt. David Thompson of the Washington County sheriff’s office has said in both cases the woman was trying to attract the attention of the child’s father — a different man in each case.
