Mt. Oliver woman charged in methadone death of one-year-old girl

Pittsburgh, PA – A 60-year-old woman has been arrested in connection with the death of a one-year-old child who died last year from methadone intoxication, Allegheny County police announced Wednesday.

On November 8, 2024, Mt. Oliver Police responded to a home in the 300 block of Church Avenue, where they found one-year-old Ro’Mya Shields unresponsive. She was transported to a hospital but was later pronounced dead. Detectives from the Allegheny County Police Homicide Unit took over the investigation.

Months later, on April 3, 2025, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner ruled the child’s death accidental, caused by methadone intoxication. Investigators determined that at the time of the incident, Ro’Mya was under the care o

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