An Acadia Parish woman has been booked with negligent homicide after tests showed her baby died of acute methamphetamine intoxication, sheriff's deputies say.
The investigation began back in August, when Acadia Parish Sheriff's deputies were called to a home on Coon Richard Road near Morse. They found an unresponsive infant; emergency personnel tried to revive the child, and she was transferred to an area hospital. The baby died at the hospital, deputies say.
This week, the autopsy and toxicology report showed that the baby died of acute methamphetamine intoxication. Deputies got a search warrant for the home and found drug paraphernalia, they say.
Their investigation determined that the mother allegedly was using meth prior to and until the baby died, deputies say.
Autumn Navarre, 27, of Morse was arrested and charged with one count of Negligent Homicide in the death of her child. She was booked into the Acadia Parish Jail. Bond was set at $100,000.
