Pennsylvania mother fell asleep suffocating infant, her second child to die this way, police say

SCRANTON, Pa. — A Pennsylvania woman was inebriated when she was sleeping with her 3-week-old child who suffocated in bed with her, her second child to die under these circumstances in two years.

Rebecca Hallock, 37, is now being charged with involuntary manslaughter, reckless endangerment of another person and endangering the welfare of children for the November 2019 incident, Penn Live reported.

The child's death was "compatible with mechanical asphyxia due to co-sleeping with parent," officials said.

A blood test indicated Hallock had methamphetamine and THC in her system.

A similar incident occurred in 2017. Hallock was sleeping with her 1-month-old child, when she awoke to find that her child had suffocated.

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