Neglect of Dependent Causing Death

 Neglect of Dependent Causing Death  

Summary: 

On September 11th, at 10:54 p.m., Evansville Police Officers were dispatched to the 200 block of N. Spring St. in reference to a medical emergency involving an 11-month-old baby. When officers arrived, they located Kaytlen Dossett carrying the unresponsive victim. Dossett was the victim’s mother. The father, Taylor Fischer, was also on scene. AMR arrived and performed life-saving measures. The baby was transported to a local hospital but was later pronounced dead. 

Officers could smell the odor of marijuana coming from the house and observed narcotics paraphernalia in plain sight. Officers and Detectives applied for and were granted a search warrant for the residence. Detectives located narcotics paraphernalia and narcotics including psilocybin mushrooms, marijuana, and crystal-like substance that tested positive for methamphetamine. 

Two other juveniles were located inside the home and were unharmed. They were placed with DCS. Dossett and Fischer were transported to EPD Headquarters to speak with detectives. Dossett told the detectives that she placed the victim on the couch to sleep around 8:00 p.m. She said she was sitting in the same room as the victim for most of the time that he was sleeping. Dossett said when she decided it was time to go to bed, she found the victim unresponsive on the couch and called 911. 

On October 4th, The Vanderburgh County Coroner’s Office provided the toxicology results from the victim. The results indicated that the victim showed a presumptive positive for Xylazine, Fentanyl, and 4-ANPP. 4-ANPP is labeled as a precursor to illicit fentanyl production. Xylazine is a powerful sedative known as “Tranq” and is not labeled for human