Mother charged, 1-month-old baby tests positive for fentanyl at Nashville hospital

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — A Middle Tennessee mother has been arrested after her one-month-old apparently overdosed.

A one-month-old girl is taken to Hendersonville Hospital on Sunday after she started vomiting and changing colors, said Metro Nashville Police. They transported the infant to TriStar Centennial Children's Hospital in Nashville for further evaluation, where the patient tested positive for 1.0ng/ml of Fentanyl.

The police were notified and a detective from Youth Services Division Crimes Against Children responded to the hospital.

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Department of Children's Services also responded and took a drug screen from the baby's mother, 34-year-old Frances Grech, which came back positive for Fentanyl, according to police.

Grech admitted to doing amphetamine in a stairwell between 1:30 a.m. and 3:30 a.m. on May 31, police said. The infant overdosed approximately 24 hours later.

Grech reportedly tried to incriminate the friend for the overdose. She said her friend touched the baby's forehead when she came over for a "girl's night," before becoming sick, said police.

Due to her admitted drug use and being the primary caregiver of the baby, and both testing positive for the same drug, Grech is charged with aggravated child neglect.

Bond for Grech is set at $75,000.

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