A mother arrested after her three-month-old daughter died with methamphetamine in her system told a court Friday she had no idea anyone in her home was using the drug.

Alison Muise, 42, is on trial charged with one count of failing to provide the necessaries of life.

Layla Mattern-Muise was rushed to hospital Feb. 2, 2022, after Muise and the child’s father Christopher Mattern awoke to find her not breathing. She was pronounced dead that day.

A ban prohibiting the publication of Layla’s name was lifted Thursday.

Muise testified Friday she had never used methamphetamine and was unaware Mattern and a housemate had been using the drug in the home during Layla’s short life.

“I wouldn’t know what (methamphetamine) looked like,” Muise told court.

Muise said she had never seen anyone using

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