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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Ohio parents charged after Boy OD’s on heroin

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline

True Crime, News

4.28.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2017

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Two Ohio parents face child endangerment and drug charges after their eight-year-old son nearly died from a heroin overdose in their home. Emergency room workers found a bag of heroin and prescription pills stuffed in a toy watch in the boy’s sock, according to police. Nancy Grace and Alan Duke share the father’s dramatic 911 call and discuss the destructive heroin epidemic in this episode.

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0:00.0

I'm Cheryl McCollum, host of the brand new co-case podcast, Zone 7.

0:04.1

We're going to be talking to family members, detectives, prosecutors, and nationally recognized

0:09.1

experts that are in my Zone 7. The group of professionals that I've called on

0:13.6

to help me work hundreds of cases you've heard of and thousands you haven't.

0:18.0

We are going to solve these cases own air together. Listen to Zone 7 on the I Heart Radio app,

0:25.2

the Apple Podcast app or wherever you listen to your favorite podcast.

0:38.4

Night one one. Some reason, some nights does not breathing. How old is he?

0:42.4

He's a child that's babe. I don't think he's breathing. Seven years old, not breathing, and

0:46.5

for ya. They live in a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. This is crime stories with Nancy Grace.

0:54.8

Charles Dowdy and Danielle Simcoe are charged with child endangerment and drug possession.

1:04.8

Hospital staff found a small bag of heroin and prescription pills tucked into a sock.

1:09.4

A urine test showed there was evidence of heroin in the boy's system.

1:13.1

Charles Dowdy and Danielle Simcoe led not guilty to child endangerment during a video arrangement.

1:19.8

Okay, stand up on with me, okay?

1:22.8

Please, for you. You guys want a new CPR?

1:25.6

Oh, yeah.

1:28.6

A father, frantic, calls 911 to save his eight year old little boy.

1:34.5

EMT's race to the scene to try and save the child. What happened?

1:40.8

Did he go underwater in the bathtub? Did he fall down the steps? Did he choke on a hot dog?

1:46.2

What went wrong? No. The eight year old little boy, the EMT's tried to save.

1:53.3

Had an overdose of heroin and overdose of heroin.

2:01.6

I'm Nancy Grace. This is crime stories. Thank you for being with us and I want justice.

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