Wisconsin Parents are Facing Charges After Their 3-week-old Baby Passed Away Due to Meth Use While Breastfeeding

 Wisconsin parents are facing charges after their 3-week-old baby passed away due to meth use while breastfeeding. 

Authorities were called to a Trimbelle, Wisconsin home on March 14th after a couple of new parents found their 3-week-old baby boy unresponsive. 

When authorities entered the home of 23-year-old Jessie Kittelson ( mother)  and 26-year-old Taylor Olson (father), they found the couple’s infant, appearing pale and blue. The report went on to say the child had a “dark substance” around the baby’s mouth and nose.

Paramedics on scene quickly checked the baby’s vital signs and could not find a pulse. Life-saving efforts were immediately initiated.  

Sadly, despite their determined efforts, the baby boy could not be revived. 

An investigation was launched, and the cause of death was determined as “Methamphetamine toxicity”. After learning the results of the autopsy, authorities doubled down on their questioning of the parents. 

Jessie would ultimately admit to smoking methamphetamine throughout her entire pregnancy and in the days leading up to the death of her son.

Jessie claimed to use a “pump and dump” method, acquiring the milk while she was not using methamphetamine and storing it for the baby. Jessie told officers she had no idea how her baby came to be exposed to methamphetamine and she did not know that she was doing anything wrong. 

Taylor admitted he was the supplier of the drugs, and they would smoke the methamphetamine together.

Pierce County authorities believe what both Jessie and Taylor were doing was wrong. Both parents have been charged with first-degree reckless homicide and chronic neglect of a child with the consequence of death. 

Both Jessie Kittelson and Taylor Olson were taken into custody and are scheduled to appear in court on September 2nd. 

Pictured below- Jessie Kittelson. No available picture of Taylor had been officially released. 

*The pump and dump method is unsafe with any intoxicants. It has several flaws.*