According to new documents, the California mother of a 1-year-old who died of fentanyl poisoning last year did not call 911 and instead dumped the baby’s body at a nearby hospital.
Korisa Lynn Woll, a 39-year-old meth addict and suspected fentanyl dealer, was arrested in June and charged with murder, drug dealing, and child abuse after her 20-month-old daughter was discovered dead in their housing project apartment.
According to district attorney’s office documents obtained by KRON 4, Woll’s 4-year-old son discovered “Baby Z” but was unable to wake up his mother, who was unconscious in the living room.
The next morning, Woll discovered her child’s body, but instead of calling for help, she “tried to give the baby Narcan and mouth-to-mouth (CPR),” Deputy District Attorney Kristal Salcido claimed in the documents.
Baby Z had been dead for nine to eleven hours when Woll carried her to the entrance of a hospital emergency room, strapped her into a wheelchair, alerted a security guard, and walked away, Salcido reported.
She eventually returned to retrieve the body, informing staff that her daughter had died from “something she picked up.”
A toxicology exam revealed that Baby Z had 22 ng/ml of fentanyl in his system, which is enough to kill two adults, according to KRON 4.
Woll is being held without bond while awaiting trial.
Robert Tillman, Baby Z’s father, died from a fentanyl overdose just a few months before his infant daughter.
Woll and Tillman had three additional children: a 16-year-old daughter, an 8-year-old son, and a 4-year-old son.
A neighbor/drug buddy told investigators that they frequently locked their children in the bedroom while doing drugs in the living room.
Tillman was charged with felony child abuse after allegedly strangling their 8-year-old. He was released on bond and then overdosed the same day.
The parents had several child protective services cases pending against them in Tennessee, where they lived before moving to California, but none in Santa Cruz.
“Despite multiple reports of abuse and neglect, both from police and the State of Tennessee, Santa Cruz DCFS did not open any case involving (Woll) either before or after Robert Tillman’s death,” the prosecution said.
