Bismarck child dead after suspected fentanyl poisoning

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BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A two-year-old child in Bismarck is dead after suspected fentanyl poisoning.

Police were called to the home Sunday night and found Jasten Ribs was unresponsive with a parent trying to revive the child.

He was taken to a Bismarck hospital where he died.

A preliminary test showed the boy’s urine was positive for fentanyl.

His parents, 29-year-old Jasmine Charging and 28-year-old Jordan Ribs, were arrested on charges of endangerment of a child, child neglect, possession of controlled substances and drug paraphernalia.

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