TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A recovering heroin addict admits she gave her 12-year-old daughter a fatal dose of methadone in Tacoma.
The News Tribune reports 48-year-old Jane Elizabeth Griffith gave the drug in October to her daughter because she complained of knee pain. The girl, Jessica Griffith, who also went by Jessica Wood, died of a drug overdose.
Jane Griffith pleaded guilty Jan. 26 to controlled substance homicide and was sentenced in Pierce County Superior Court to five years in prison.
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Information from: The News Tribune, http://www.thenewstribune.com
