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Murder charges filed against 3 Ferndale people in 5-year-old’s fentanyl death

By Denver Pratt, The Bellingham Herald
Published: April 13, 2023, 6:37pm

BELLINGHAM — Two men and one woman from Ferndale are facing murder charges after a 5-year-old girl allegedly overdosed and died from fentanyl in early March.

Cody Curtis Craig, 32, Michael Wayne Doane, 33, and Melissa Ann Welch, 35, are each facing one count of first-degree murder in Whatcom County Superior Court for the child’s death. The charge for all three includes the aggravating factor that Curtis, Doane and Welch knew or should have known that the girl was particularly vulnerable, the court records show.

Doane and Welch are the child’s parents, while Craig is Welch’s boyfriend, according to a Ferndale news release.

All three were charged April 7, according to court records.

The Whatcom County Medical Examiner’s Office and Ferndale Police had been investigating the child’s death since early March, The Herald previously reported.

The child’s name has not yet been released.

Bail was set at $1 million for both Welch and Doane at their first appearances in court Thursday afternoon.

Craig’s first appearance was continued until this afternoon because an attorney was not available to represent him.

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