Second 3-Year-Old Twin Dies of Apparent Overdose in Los Angeles

Published on July 15, 2024

LOS ANGELES—A second 3-year-old boy who was brought to a hospital from a home in the Winnetka neighborhood has died, days after the death of his twin sibling, as their 22-year-old mother remained behind bars in connection with their deaths, authorities said July 15. Police and paramedics responded at about 11:20 a.m. July 12 to a home in the 20000 block of Sherman Way, where Jestice James found her 3-year-old twin boys “unresponsive,” according to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). The toddlers were both taken to a hospital, where one of them was pronounced dead early July 12 afternoon and the other was listed in critical condition. The child who died on July 12 was identified by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner as Josiah James....