Mom Gets 8 Years in Prison for Heroin Death of 11-Month-Old

An Ohio woman whose 11-month-old son died from
 ingesting heroin has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and been sentenced to eight years
 in prison.

Prosecutors say Denise Dickinson's son, Dominic, 
ingested heroin and the powerful painkiller fentanyl 
before he stopped breathing at a Columbus home
 in May 2015. He was pronounced dead by medics.

Dickinson, who's now 33, entered her guilty plea and 
was sentenced Friday.

A message seeking comment was left for her public 
defender.

The boy's father also was charged in the case. 
He pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter last 
year and was sentenced to nine years in prison.