The Toll

Tracking Chattanooga's Homicides

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Demarcus Bryant


Date: 03/22/14


Gender: Male


Age: 23 months


Race: black


Time: 7:30 a.m.


Suspect(s): Jaqueline Escareno, 50


Status: Suspect sentenced

What happened:

Demarcus Bryant, 23 months, dies from a drug overdose after police say a caretaker, Jaqueline Escareno, puts a fentanyl pain patch on his back.


Read more:

• Pain patch blamed in boy’s death: Homicide investigation launched in 3rd recent fentanyl overdose
• Woman charged in toddler's Fentanyl overdose death
• Jurors hear opening arguments in 2014 child overdose case
• Doctor's testimony shows possible warning signs prior to child's overdose
• Judge sentences 52-year-old caretaker for placing pain patch on toddler

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