Mom who declined to perform CPR on 'purple' toddler who died with fatal amounts of drugs in her system is on the lam: Cops

Inset: Brittany Stroud (Pickaway County Sheriff's Office). Background: The country successful Ohio wherever Stroud's 17-month-old girl died (Google Maps).

A 30-year-old parent successful Ohio is charged successful the decease of her 17-month-old girl aft she told a 911 dispatcher the toddler was "purple," declined to execute CPR and fled successful her reddish Jeep Compass.

Brittany Stroud is facing charges of involuntary manslaughter, kid endangerment and possession of drugs successful transportation with the fatal incident, authorities announced.

Brittany Stroud's mother, Tammy Stroud, is besides charged with complicity to involuntary manslaughter, complicity to kid endangerment and complicity to possession of drugs.

According to a probable origin affidavit obtained by Law&Crime, deputies with the Pickaway County Sheriff's Office and paramedics responded to a residence successful the 7800 artifact of High Street astatine astir 11:14 a.m. connected Oct. 13, 2026, for a study of a toddler not breathing.

On the 911 call, a distraught Brittany Stroud tin beryllium heard telling the dispatcher that her 1-year-old girl "is dead." When the dispatcher asks if Brittany Stroud knows CPR, the parent responds by "stating it was beyond that point," the affidavit says.

"We're past that," she tells the dispatcher connected the call. "She's purple. Oh my God."

Another kid tin beryllium heard crying successful the inheritance and asking what is happening. Brittany Stroud besides states that she had checked connected the toddler earlier that morning, noting that she had been "laying with her look level successful the bed."

A medic told a responding serviceman that the miss was recovered not breathing connected a mattress successful a rear bedroom. Emergency responders began CPR and transported her to Nationwide Children's Hospital successful Columbus, wherever she was pronounced dead.

The affidavit says the kid spent overmuch of the erstwhile evening connected the surviving country level portion household members were home. Tammy Stroud, who had ineligible custody of the kid nether a tribunal order, told investigators she went to furniture portion the miss remained connected the floor. She said the kid was inactive connected the surviving country level erstwhile she near for enactment astatine astir 6 a.m. the adjacent morning.

At immoderate constituent aft Tammy Stroud left, the kid was moved to a bedroom, authorities said. Brittany Stroud said she checked connected her girl astatine astir 7:30 a.m. and heard her snoring earlier going backmost to sleep. She woke again astir 11 a.m. and recovered the kid not breathing.

"[The toddler] was reported to person been sleeping connected her knees with her look partially pushed into the mattress that perchance restricted her oxygen intake," the affidavit says.

Brittany Stroud turned the kid onto her backmost and ran from the country to telephone 911. The affidavit states that she declined to effort CPR connected the child.

An autopsy performed Oct. 14 astatine the Franklin County Coroner's Office recovered a lethal magnitude of fentanyl successful the child's system, according to the sheriff's office.

After searching the home, authorities obtained apprehension warrants for Brittany and Tammy Stroud connected Oct. 16.

Tammy Stroud surrendered to authorities Oct. 18 and pleaded not blameworthy astatine her arraignment the pursuing day. She is being held successful the Pickaway County jailhouse connected a $250,000 bond.

The sheriff's bureau reported that Brittany Stroud's apprehension warrant remained outstanding. She was past seen driving a reddish Jeep Compass and is known to predominant the Columbus and Franklin County areas.

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