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Shawnee mother sentenced to over 10 years in fatal fentanyl overdose of 2-year-old son

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Drew Angerer
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 23: Bags of heroin, some laced with fentanyl, are displayed before a press conference regarding a major drug bust, at the office of the New York Attorney General, September 23, 2016 in New York City. New York State Attorney General Eric Scheiderman's office announced Friday that authorities in New York state have made a record drug bust, seizing 33 kilograms of heroin and 2 kilograms of fentanyl. According to the attorney general's office, it is the largest seizure in the 46 year history of New York's Organized Crime Task Force. Twenty-five peopole living in New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Arizona and New Jersey have been indicted in connection with the case. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
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Posted at 6:06 PM, Feb 28, 2023
and last updated 2023-02-28 19:06:34-05

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Shawnee mother was sentenced for her role in the death of her 2-year-old son, who overdosed on fentanyl in 2021.

Shelly Christine Vallejo pleaded guilty before a judge in Johnson County District Court to second-degree murder last December.

The month prior, Jean Pierre Morales of Shawnee pleaded guilty to distributing drugs that resulted in death.

Morales was booked into jail on April 1, 2021, after he was charged in his son’s death.

He is set to be sentenced in March 2023.

On Nov. 14, 2020, police in Merriam responded to a house where a child was unresponsive. The child died shortly thereafter.

Last September, KSHB 41 released a special 360 report on fentanyl overdoses among children detailing the devastating effects of overdoses on families and the community.

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