Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  E ai ki te pirihimana o Alabama, kua mate tētahi tamaiti iti i muri i tana inu i tētahi pounamu waipiro e whakaponohia ana he mea whakaranu ki te methadone. Ko Cassie Townsend, 31 tau te pakeke, e tiaki ana i a Demonie Hendon, 2 tau te pakeke, i te Paraire, ka kite i te pounamu kei roto i te methadone kaore i te waahi i tuhia e ia, i kii te pirihimana o Bessemer ki a Al.com. He torutoru rā noa iho a Hendon i tōna toru o ngā rā whānau. Ka mea te pirihimana o Alabama kua mate te tamaiti iti a Demonie Hendno i muri i tana inu i te pounamu waipiro e kiia ana he methadone. He ra noa iho i muri i tana huritau tuatoru. Ko te methadone he rongoā e whakamahia ana mō te riri ki te opioid, e whakamārama ana te pae tukutuku. I kii a Sgt. Charlie Burton ki a Al.com i kawea e Townsend te tamaiti ki te hohipera o te rohe, UAB West, na te mea i ahua mate ia. E ai ki a Burton, i puta atu te tokorua, a, i haere ki tētahi whare noho i mua i te haerenga ki te Whare Hauora o ngā Tamariki, engari kāore te tamaiti i aro atu, ā, i muri iho ka mate. I pūrongotia e Al.com i whakawakia a Townsend mō te whakawehi matū i tētahi tamaiti - i mua i te whakarewatanga o taua mea ki te whakawehi matū i tētahi tamaiti i hua ai te mate. Kāore i mōhiotia mēnā he roia a Townsend. I kii te Kaiwhakahaere Tuarua o Jefferson County Coroner Bill Yates ki te paetukutuku kaore ano kia hoki mai nga whakamatautau haumanu. I pūrongo a Al.com i te 15 o Poutu-te-rangi i te toru o ngā rā whānau o Demonie. Ko Townsend te whaea tapu o te tamaiti, te whaea keke rānei, e ai ki ngā mana whakahaere ki WSFA. Ko Cassie Townsend, e whakaahuatia ana, e whakapono ana ko ia te kuia o te tamaiti, te whaea tapu rānei.
E kii ana te pirihimana o Alabama kua mate te tamaiti iti a Demonie Hendon i muri i te inu i te pounamu waipiro e kiia ana he methadone. Ko Cassie Townsend te kaitiaki o te tamaiti i te Paraire, ā, ka kite i tētahi pounamu kei roto te methadone kāore i te wāhi i whakatakotoria e ia, e ai ki te pirihimana. Ko Hendon, i mate i te Wenerei, he ra noa iho i te toru o ona tau.