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St. Paul parents charged in fentanyl overdose of toddler who died on Christmas Day

The parents of a toddler who overdosed on fentanyl on Christmas Day in St. Paul have been charged with his death.

The boy’s parents, Jasmine Nicole Ryan, 32, and Jeffrey Joseph Weidell, 38, each were charged Wednesday with one count of second-degree manslaughter in connection with Jackson’s death.

According to the charges:

When police arrived at Weidell’s home on Christmas Day, he said he had woken up and discovered that Jackson, who had crawled next to him, had blue lips and wasn’t breathing. Officers found crumpled tinfoil with suspected drug residue on the couch next to Weidell and his toddler daughter.

Police found Ryan in the kitchen performing CPR on Jackson. She said that while she was in the shower, the toddler had ingested fentanyl. She said she had then administered Narcan to him, a medicine used to reverse an opioid overdose.

Police found a knife and several pieces of crumpled tinfoil in Weidell’s pockets, and a large piece of tinfoil with residue in the chair where Weidell said he and Jackson had slept. A month-old baby in a crib had a white substance on his forehead and was wearing a soiled diaper.

Weidell said the last time he remembered Jackson to be up and around was early that morning, though Ryan said he had been playing with toys that afternoon just before she went in the shower. She said she told Weidell to get him from the top of the stairs, which she said Weidell did.


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