The California mom of a 1-year-old who died of fentanyl poisoning last year never called 911 and simply dumped the baby’s body at a nearby hospital, new documents reveal.
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’s body was found in their housing project apartment.
Woll’s 4-year-old son found the lifeless tot — identified as “Baby Z” — but couldn’t wake up his mother, who was passed out in the living room, according to documents from the district attorney’s office obtained by KRON 4.
Korisa Woll and “Baby Z,” her 20-month-old who died of fentanyl poisoning. Cherâie Lynn Brown
Baby Z had been dead for hours before her mom brought her to a hospital, Santa Cruz prosecutors said. Cherâie Lynn Brown
The Santa Cruz housing project unit where Baby Z died. KSBWWoll discovered her child’s body the next morning, but instead of calling for help, she “tried to give the baby Narcan and mouth-to-mouth (CPR),” Deputy District Attorney Kristal Salcido alleged in the documents.
Baby Z had been dead for between nine and 11 hours before Woll carried her to the entrance of a hospital emergency room, stuck her in a wheelchair, alerted a security guard and walked away, Salcido wrote.
She eventually returned to retrieve the body and told staff her daughter had died of “something she picked up.”
A toxicology exam found 22 ng/ml of fentanyl in Baby Z’s system — enough to kill two adults, KRON 4 reported.
Woll is being held without bond and is awaiting trial.
Baby Z had 22 milligrams of fentanyl (pictured) in her system. Darwin Brandis – stock.adobe.com
The sign for theSanta Cruz emergency room where Woll brought Baby Z. KSBWBaby Z’s father, Robert Tillman, had died of a fentanyl overdose just a few months before his infant daughter.
Woll and Tillman had three other children: a 16-year-old daughter, 8-year-old son and 4-year-old son.
They would often shut their kids in the bedroom and do drugs in the living room, a neighbor/drug buddy told investigators. Tillman had been charged with felony child abuse for allegedly strangling their 8-year-old. He was released on bond and overdosed the same day.
The parents had several child protective services cases open against them in Tennessee, where they had been living 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,” prosecutors wrote.
