The bond has been lowered for a Summit woman who tested positive for drugs prior to the birth of her son who died less than an hour after his delivery. According to an arrest affidavit, 27-year-old Lakyn Rogers tested positive for methamphetamine and marijuana prior to delivery.
Records from the Administrative Office of the Courts CourtConnect website indicate the bond for Rogers was lowered from $100,000 to $25,000 Wednesday in Marion County Circuit Court. In lowering the bond, Circuit Judge Gordon Webb ruled Rogers shall not use, possess or deliver any controlled substance or alcohol or leave Marion County.
The arrest affidavit notes Rogers gave birth in October 2016. Despite resuscitative efforts, the infant succumbed to respiratory distress. The infant’s body was sent to the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory for an autopsy.
In addition to developmental issues, the toxicology results indicate the infant tested positive for methamphetamine and marijuana. The affidavit notes to what extent the death was directly related to maternal methamphetamine use cannot be stated with certainty. For that reason, according to the affidavit, the manner of death is best classified as underdetermined. It also notes maternal methamphetamine use was a contributing condition.
According to the affidavit, after the child died, Rogers is alleged to have dressed in street clothes and, with a group of people with her, snuck out of Baxter Regional Medical Center without being discharged, with a saline lock still in her arm.
The deceased child has an older sibling born in 2015, at which time Rogers also tested positive for methamphetamines and THC. In 2015, she is alleged to have admitted to using methamphetamine four days prior to that child’s birth and THC one week prior to the birth. Parental rights for the older child were terminated and custody awarded to a family member.
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