Wisconsin Mom Charged in Son's Heroin Overdose Death

A Wisconsin woman has been charged with intentionally contributing to the delinquency of a child causing death and faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted. Patricia Strosina, 46, of Waterford, was observed buying drugs for herself and her 16-year-old son, Raymond, on at least one occasion.

On a September morning, Raymond's father found him slumped over in the computer room, a syringe nearby. Raymond's father contacted law enforcement authorities, saying he believed his son had overdosed.

An autopsy showed that Raymond overdosed on heroin and cocaine and stopped breathing. When the Racine County Sheriff's Department began investigating the death, people began pointing to Raymond's mother.

Witnesses reported that Raymond started smoking marijuana around age 14, but by age 15 his mother was giving him heroin to snort. Other witnesses reported that they saw Strosina inject heroin into her son's arm and that mother and son smoked marijuana and crack together several times a week. When Strosina was brought in for questioning, she admitted giving him heroin. Her preliminary hearing was set for Oct. 29, 2009.

(Source: www.journaltimes.com)

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