Couple known as Uber to ship Narcan as a substitute of calling 911 whereas their 2-year-old died from an overdose, cops say | EUROtoday

An Illinois couple known as for an Uber to ship Narcan for his or her 2-year-old daughter as she suffered a lethal drug overdose – and waited practically 4 hours earlier than calling 911, police mentioned.

Edward Weiher, 49, and his fiancé, Alexa Balen, 28, had been charged with first-degree homicide Monday within the loss of life of their daughter, Trinity, of their Homer Glenn, Illinois, dwelling on November 6, 2024, WGN-TV reported.

The couple, who had been first charged with neglect after Trinity’s loss of life, did not appropriately administer a dose of Narcan to the toddler, authorities mentioned.

Instead of calling 911, they ordered a second Narcan by way of Uber to be delivered to their dwelling, in keeping with court docket paperwork. During their investigation, detectives found Balen known as 911 three hours and 41 minutes into Trinity’s suspected overdose, whereas additionally wanting up “how to stop an OD” and “how to stop an OD without naloxone” on her telephone.

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When police lastly arrived, they discovered Weiher performing chest compressions on Trinity, and noticed the ground was lined with rubbish, meals, urine and feces, in keeping with court docket docs. Authorities additionally seen a white substance, suspected to be cocaine and heroin, on the counter tops and tables, in addition to a number of items of burnt tin foil, believed to be from doing heroin.

Suspected heroin was additionally found on a mattress in the lounge the place your entire household, together with the couple’s six-year-old daughter, slept every evening, police mentioned.

Weiher instructed police they had been struggling a gasoline leak and that his meter registered a studying of pure carbon monoxide at 6,000 components per million – sufficient to make an individual unconscious inside 20 minutes, in keeping with authorities.

Both mother and father instructed cops they thought Trinity stopped respiratory because of suspected excessive ranges of carbon monoxide, however Balen admitted to police that she and Weiher frequently use heroin, police mentioned.

Balen additionally admitted to trying to make use of Narcan on their daughter and mentioned that after they did not appropriately administer the dose, they ordered extra Narcan to be delivered on Uber. She mentioned they went by way of Uber as a result of Weiher mentioned they need to not name 911. The couple ended up calling 911 after the second Narcan didn’t work and Trinity stopped respiratory, police famous.

Trinity was taken to the hospital, and later died.

A pathologist concluded that Trinity “would have survived” if 911 had been known as instantly after she grew to become symptomatic of an overdose.

Balen’s six-year-old daughter was taken into the state’s custody after she examined constructive for fentanyl and cocaine, police mentioned.

Weiher and Balen had been taken into custody and initially charged with baby endangerment leading to loss of life, baby endangerment, and two counts of possession of a managed substance. Both mother and father had been charged with homicide on May 22. Their subsequent court docket date is scheduled for June 27.