South Jersey Mother Took Drugs, Smothered Boy In Bed: Cops

A New Jersey mother who had taken drugs and alcohol was arrested this weekend after she rolled onto her son and suffocated him, police said. Videos below show the boy at his home. Lumberton police and various media outlets had reported that she used other drugs before the incident.

Antoinette King, 33, of Lumberton, was charged with second-degree endangering the welfare of a child and lodged in the Burlington County jail, according to the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office.

The incident happened at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, according to the BCPO, when 13-month-old Jeremiah's grandmother called 911 shortly after finding both the mother and her son unresponsive in bed.

The grandmother discovered King lying on the toddler and called for help after finding them both to be unresponsive, according to the BCPO.

Police were able to revive the woman, but first responders performing CPR on the boy were unable to revive him, according to the BCPO. King was administered Narcan.

A court record says the Lumberton woman said she had multiple alcoholic drinks and took at least one prescription painkiller before she passed out, killing the boy.

King later told investigators she left her home around 6:30 p.m. after she had consumed four "airplane bottles" of alcohol and a Percocet 10, according to the report.

They were both taken to Virtua Memorial Hospital in Mount Holly, where Jeremiah was pronounced dead.

The investigation is ongoing. An autopsy will be performed by Burlington County Medical Examiner Dr. Ian Hood.

The investigation is being conducted by the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office and the Lumberton Township Police Department. The lead investigators are BCPO Detective Tony Luyber and Lumberton Police Detective Kevin Wright.

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