Police are investigating after three children tested positive for fentanyl and two people were found dead from the drug within 24 hours in Riverside.
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more potent than morphine.
On June 4, officers responded to reports of a man found dead in a Canyon Crest home around 10 p.m. Investigators later determined the man had fatally overdosed on fentanyl.
On June 5, the Riverside Fire Department responded to a medical emergency in a grocery store parking lot around 11:18 a.m. Arriving officers found a 3-year-old boy who had stopped breathing.
After transporting the child to a hospital, authorities discovered the child had overdosed on fentanyl. Police officers arrived after the child’s mother had attempted to “interfere with the hospital’s care of her son.”
Investigators learned the child, along with his 2-year-old sister, 5-year-old brother, and his parents were experiencing homelessness and living in their car at the time.
The other two children had also tested positive for fentanyl. Police believe the kids may have been exposed to the drug while inside the car.
The parents were arrested on charges of child endangerment. All three children were placed into the custody of the Riverside County Department of Child Protective Services.
On June 6, police responded to reports of a homeless woman found unresponsive near the area of Citrus Street and Iowa Avenue in the Hunter Park neighborhood.
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