Baby Dies After Ingesting Methadone, Parents Charged: Baltimore Police

BALTIMORE, MD — The parents of a 2-year-old girl who died from ingesting methadone have been charged with manslaughter, according to the Baltimore Police Department.

Korri Thompson, 2, of the unit block of Exeter Street, was unconscious and unresponsive when she was brought to the University of Maryland Medical Center's Pediatrics Unit on Aug. 13, police said.

Thompson was revived and transferred to the Intensive Care Unit, where she died on Aug. 24.

Homicide detectives learned that the girl had ingested methadone, which caused her system to fail, police reported on Wednesday.

Members of the warrant apprehension task force arrested the parents on Tuesday.

Alvin Thompson and Sinead McNair, both 25 years old and residents of the unit block of Exeter Street, have been charged with manslaughter and a dozen other charges — including multiple counts of child abuse and neglect — in connection with Korri Thompson's death.

Police said Thompson was being held without bail, while McNair's bail was set at $250,000.

Photos of Alvin Thompson (left) and Sinead McNair courtesy of the Baltimore Police Department.