Child removed after parents’ fatal overdose

From WOOD TV 8:

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A 3-year-old girl is in foster care after her parents died of suspected heroin overdoses the same day in their Grand Rapids home, court records show.

The child was in the home at the time of the overdoses, according to documents filed in Kent County Circuit Court Family Division.

A young teenager in the home called 911 to report the emergency in the 200 block of Dickinson Street SW shortly after 12:30 p.m. on Aug. 22.

Emergency crews used naloxone to try to revive 27-year-old Disaun Williams and 28-year-old Ashley Williams, but the couple was pronounced dead at the scene.

Emergency responders found Disaun Williams in a chair on the first floor, while Ashley Williams was discovered in a bed upstairs.

The couple had been married for a year and lived at the home with their daughter and several relatives, including Ashley’s mom, a stepgrandfather, Disaun’s brother and Ashley’s two siblings, who are 12 and 14 years old.

Ashley and Disuan’s daughter has been taken into state custody and is currently residing in licensed foster care.

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