A Colorado woman was convicted on Friday of felony child abuse resulting in death after prosecutors said her 22-month-old son died from ingesting fentanyl while at her home three years ago.

Hanna Gilmour, 29, was arrested after the baby's father came to Gilmour's Littleton apartment to pick their son up for a custody exchange in November 2022 and said their son, Layton, "didn't look right." The father, Jacob Birkbeck, called 911 and first responders pronounced Layton dead.

"This was a senseless and preventable tragedy," Chief Deputy District Attorney Jake Adkins, who prosecuted the case, said in a statement. "Every parent has a responsibility to protect their child. Instead, their mother created an environment so dangerous that it cost her son his life."

Investigators said at the time t

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