PALMDALE, Calif. (KABC) -- A young mother is facing murder charges in the death of her 2-year-old son who died by ingesting fentanyl in 2023 in Palmdale.

The child's mother, 23-year-old Anaie Flores, was arrested for murder last Thursday.

Flores faced a judge Monday to be arraigned, but there was no plea and the arraignment was postponed Oct. 28. She is being held on $2 million bail.

Deputies responded to a death investigation on Nov. 7, 2023 in the 800 block of East Avenue P-15 in Palmdale involving the death of a 2-year-old boy, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

Investigators determined the child's death was caused by fentanyl ingestion.

Family members told Eyewitness News at the time of the tragedy that Angel had fallen asleep next to his mother. When she w

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