# 39

7 year-old gets on school bus, tells driver that she could not rouse her parents.  Police respond in McKeesport, Pa and confirm two overdose deaths and 3 additional unattended children aged 5, 3 and 9 months.

The below report also provides a short history of this current epidemic - photos included.  Four more children without parents leaving authorities needing to place the children while also seeking the "murderer."

The article reports that Lycoming County coroner, Charles Kiesling, has stopped classifying these deaths as accidental and is now classifying all overdose causes as homicides.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2016/10/05/a-7-year-old-told-her-bus-driver-she-couldnt-wake-her-parents-police-found-them-dead-at-home/?hpid=hp_rhp-moretopstories2_no-name%3Ahomepage%2Fstory

http://www.wpxi.com/news/7-year-old-alerts-school-officials-2-bodies-found-inside-mckeesport-home/453158539