(WBBM NEWSRADIO) — A Des Plaines area man has been charged after his infant son died from fentanyl poisoning nearly one year ago, authorities said.
Michael Piazza, 40, faces counts of involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment, the Cook County sheriff’s office said. He was ordered held on $300,000 bail Wednesday.
Piazza had bought illegal drugs when his 1-month-old son ingested them on May 24, 2021, authorities said.
At the time, Piazza called 9-1-1 and said his son was sleeping in bed with him when he noticed he wasn’t breathing, the sheriff’s office said.
Authorities responded to the 9600 block of Bianco Terrace in unincorporated Maine Township and found the boy, Jaiden Piazza, not breathing. They gave him CPR but he died later at a hospital.
The father and the boy’s mother were arrested Monday after the boy’s autopsy results were completed and his death was ruled a homicide.
Michael Piazza allegedly admitted that while he was caring for the infant, he purchased and ingested the drugs. The mother was released without charges.
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