A 54-year-old Darlington nurse is facing 10 years in prison after a Harford County Circuit Court jury convicted her of manslaughter for giving a 16-month-old toddler a cup full of methadone.
The jury deliberated for two hours Wednesday before finding Elaine Marie Butler guilty in the death of Ashton Preston. The boy died Dec. 15, 2004, after Butler gave her a cup of methadone, a synthetic narcotic used to treat heroin and morphine addicts, that belonged to his mother, Kelly Briggs, 25.
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