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Man Pleads Guilty In Drug Overdose Death Of Infant Son

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published May 4, 2016 at 6:53 AM EDT
Columbus Division of Police

A Columbus man has pleaded guilty to charges of killing his infant son by giving him a fatal mix of heroin and fentanyl last May. 30-year-old Kyle Black has pleaded guilty to an involuntary manslaughter charge in the death of 11-month old Dominic Dickinson. Sentencing is scheduled for June 1.  Prosecutors say the boy's mother, 33-year-old Denise Dickinson, has been indicted in the case. Prosecutors say the parents were using the drugs and the boy consumed them during the overnight hours.
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Jim Letizia
Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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