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Infant Death Gets Parents Up to Two Years

The parents of a 8-month-old boy, who died with heroin in his system, pleaded guilty and were sentenced Thursday.

 

The parents of a baby who died after ingesting heroin in a Bensalem motel room last July were sentenced to prison.

Colleen Gallagher, 26, and Thomas Krolikowski, 22, both of Philadelphia, pleaded guilty before Judge Albert Cepparulo to charges of child endangerment, recklessly endangering another person and possession of drug paraphernalia, according to reports from PhillyBurbs.

Gallagher was sentenced to nine to 23 months in county prison followed by a year of probation, PhillyBurbs reported. While Krolikowski, who was on probation when he committed the crime, was sentenced to a one- to two-year state prison sentence followed by two years of probation.

Patch previously reported in July 2012, that Bensalem police were investigating the death of an 8-month-old boy who was found unconscious and unresponsive at a Lincoln Avenue motel. The baby was transported to Aria Torresdale Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Police found items associated with heroin use in the room at Neshaminy Motor Inn, and an autopsy showed that the baby had heroin in his body, according to PhillyBurbs. Experts could not definitively say what caused the 8-month-old's death.

Get more details on the sentencing on PhillyBurbs, here.

Related Topics: Death of Baby, Heroin, Neshaminy Motor Inn, and Parents Sentenced

Shawn Unger

3:46 pm on Friday, March 1, 2013

Why wouldn't they be charged with manslaughter? The experts can't say why but I'm going to go with saying the heroin is what killed the baby.

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Gary Burkett

3:53 pm on Friday, March 1, 2013

They should've got 10 years!!!

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cynthia

9:00 am on Saturday, March 2, 2013

They should also not get another chance to reproduce. They will do it again. Part of their punishment should be vasectomy and tubes tied. Having a child is a privelige not a right.

Bonnie

11:34 am on Saturday, March 2, 2013

Seriously?? Only 2years?? What is going on in this pathetic world? Anyone involved with a infant or childs death deserves far worse.

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Harry Smith

3:02 pm on Saturday, March 2, 2013

One hears of this all the time. A childs death at the hands of adults never carry a long prison stay. Children seem to be dispensable in the U.S.

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Nick

10:41 am on Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Our society no longer values children. I am not talking about being pro life or pro choice, I just mean in our everyday lives children take a back seat.

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