East Precinct detectives this afternoon arrested Tiffany Marie Young, 33, on a first-degree murder indictment related to the June 2021 death of her three-week-old son, Andrew Dalton, III.
Young was taken into custody at a fast-food restaurant on Gallatin Pike North after Youth Services detectives developed information that she was there. A Criminal Court judge set Young’s bond at $250,000.
Young’s son was rushed to Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital on June 16, 2021, after he was found unresponsive and not breathing inside the family’s Lenore Street home. Young told officers that she fell asleep on her bed with Andrew for about 90 minutes. A small plastic container was found on the bed containing a powder/crystal substance determined by the MNPD crime laboratory to be methamphetamine. A blood sample from Young tested positive for fentanyl, cocaine and amphetamine.
The medical examiner ruled that Andrew died as the result of mechanical asphyxia, likely caused by an arm or leg being compressed against his abdomen. The investigation, led by Detectives Edward Conrads and Raymond Heymann, concluded that the drugs in Young’s system played a crucial role in Andrew’s death.
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