New York, November 13: In a tragic incident, a teenage girl died after her mother allegedly gave her fentanyl for treating toothache in Missouri, US. The accused woman was arrested and charged with the death of her daughter. As per the report, the woman said she gave her daughter fentanyl, mistaking it for oxycodone.

As per the Daily Mail report, the accused woman was identified as Jacquelyn Powers. Prosecutors in St Louis have charged Jacquelyn Powers with endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree, resulting in the death of her 14-year-old daughter. The charges stem from an incident on October 3, when Powers allegedly gave her daughter a lethal dose of fentanyl after the teen complained of a toothache at their Overland home, a suburb of St Louis. US Horror: Nurse Allegedly Replaces Fentanyl IV Bags With Tap Water in Oregon, 10 Dead.

Woman Gives Daughter Fentanyl, Believing It to Be Oxycodone

Initially, Powers tried to alleviate her daughter's pain with Tylenol. When that failed, she reportedly gave the teen a pill she found in her drawer, believing it to be oxycodone from a previous surgery. However, the girl was found dead 10 hours later. An autopsy revealed she had died from a fentanyl overdose, with no traces of oxycodone in her system.

'Traded Oxycodone with Mother for Fentanyl': Woman Tells Police

Powers admitted to police that she had traded some of her oxycodone with her mother to protect her from dangerous street pills, which she then stored in her drawer. She confessed to giving her daughter what she thought was a prescription pain pill. Authorities also found other street drugs in the home, where other minor children were present. US Horror: One-Year-Old Boy Suffers Brain Damage, Dies of Cardiac Arrest After Being Assaulted by Mother's Boyfriend.

Powers was arrested and is being held on a USD 150,000 bond at the St. Louis County jail. She is scheduled for a bond reduction hearing on November 19 and a preliminary hearing on December 11. If convicted, Powers could face up to a life sentence with the possibility of parole, as the charge is a Class A felony, the most severe under this statute.

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