Officials on Friday identified the 1½-year-old boy who police suspect may have suffered a fatal overdose in his father’s St. Paul home on Christmas Day.
Jackson Joseph Weidell allegedly overdosed Wednesday at the residence in the 1000 block of E. 5th Street, according to police.
The boy’s 38-year-old father and 31-year-old mother were arrested Wednesday, but the woman was released from jail Friday without being charged as the investigation continues into what led to Jackson’s death, police said.
The father remains in jail in connection with an unrelated felony charge. The Minnesota Star Tribune generally does not identify suspects before they are charged.
“We are waiting for the toxicology report, and that won’t be back for quite a while,” said police Sgt. Toy Vixayvong.
Officers found Jackson unresponsive shortly after 1:30 p.m. at the Dayton’s Bluff home. The child was taken to Regions Hospital and pronounced dead there, police said.
Police said they arrested the parents at the scene on suspicion of second-degree manslaughter.
Recent court records show the alleged overdose would have occurred in the father’s home. His mother lives elsewhere in the Twin Cities.
