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Mother charged after son overdoses on meth

The Columbian
Published: July 15, 2014, 12:00am

TACOMA — Authorities say a 26-year-old Washington woman has been charged with manslaughter after her toddler died of a meth overdose.

Pierce County Prosecutor Mark Lindquist said Tuesday the 2-year-old boy had ingested enough methamphetamine to kill an adult when his mother noticed he wasn’t breathing in December 2012.

Paramedics arrived at the Spanaway home and found him without a pulse. They couldn’t insert an airway because his jaw was locked.

Lindquist said witnesses told investigators that the woman, identified as Alyia Iverson, had a history of smoking meth in front of her children.

Iverson was scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday. It wasn’t immediately clear if she had a lawyer. In an interview last year, she told The News Tribune she didn’t know there was meth in the house.

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