1-Year-Old Found Dead In Crib, Mom Horrified To Learn What Was On Carpet

A 1-year-old baby who was found dead in a crib in New York died of a drug overdose, reports revealed.

According to Inside Edition, the medical examiner’s office announced that 1-year-old Bianca Abdul overdosed on a generic version of Valium. Her death has been ruled a homicide.

Bianca was found unresponsive in a crib in her family’s apartment in Staten Island on March 20.

The infant’s mother, Leila Wade, told police that Bianca had hit her head on a coffee table three days prior to her death and that she “seemed fine” after it happened.

Wade told officers that she believed her daughter may have gotten into her prescribed pain medicine, Embeda — a mix of naltrexone and morphine — which was on the floor of the apartment.

“That amount for a 15-pound baby, you’re going to sleep,” Wade told SI Live. “You’re going to sleep with no pain … there’s no crying out, it’s immediate.”

The mother said of the day she found her daughter unresponsive: “I picked her up and I knew she was dead. I looked in her eyes and I tried to do CPR … but in her eyes I knew that she was dead and cold.”

Prior to Bianca’s death, her family’s home was investigated by the Administration for Children’s Services for allegations of drug use, neglect and violence.

Bianca’s father was not living at the home at the time of her death. A judge issued an order of protection against him after he allegedly assaulted Wade.

No charges have been filed in connection with the infant’s death. The investigation is still underway.

Staten Island District Attorney Michael McMahon said that Bianca’s death is not the only case of a baby dying in Staten Island in similar circumstances.

“We have a few cases under investigation,” McMahon said in a statement. “We’ve had cases involving death and we have cases where children have survived. There have been a handful of cases, enough that we have been very alarmed by this and see this as another terrible manifestation of the crisis that we face here on Staten Island. It’s an all-out battle.”

McMahon continued: “A tragic consequence of the opioid epidemic is the impact it has had on the most innocent of victims on Staten Island. These cases are a top priority for me and my team [and] we will continue to investigate any instance where harm has come to a child.”

Sources: Inside Edition, SI Live / Featured Image: Pixabay / Embedded Images: Inside Edition, NBC New York via Mirror