Two parents in Georgia are facing child cruelty and murder charges following the alcohol poisoning death of their 4-week-old child.
Sydnei Moran Dunn, 24, and Marquis Simon Colvin, 25, were arrested Thursday after Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta contacted police regarding the death of the infant.
“CHOA officials stated that the circumstances surrounding the child’s condition did not make sense and sounded as if they needed to be looked into by law enforcement,” a statement from the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office reads.
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Investigators interviewed Dunn and Colvin about the death of their child.
“Dunn stated that she had consumed a large [quantity] of alcohol the day before and that the child must have gotten alcohol [poisoning] from her while she was breastfeeding,” police said. “She then indicated that the child’s father put alcohol in the baby’s bottle. Once the child was unresponsive, she explained that is when they took the baby to the hospital.”
Doctors said the infant had “a quantity of alcohol in its system that was well over four times the legal limit for an adult,” according to the statement.
A search was conducted of the couple’s home, a basement apartment, where police found evidence of the crime and a firearm, according to the release.
“Colvin, who is a convicted felon, is not allowed to be in close proximity or possess a firearm,” authorities said.
Dunn is charged with malice murder, murder in the second degree, cruelty to children in the first degree, and reckless conduct.
Colvin is charged with malice murder, murder in the second degree, cruelty to children in the first degree, reckless conduct, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and parole violation.
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“Both Dunn and Colvin are being held in the Paulding County Jail without bond where more charges are possibly pending,” police said.
