LEAVENWORTH, Kan. ( KCTV /Gray News) - Two people have been arrested after a toddler died from fentanyl toxicity earlier this year.

The Leavenworth Police Department arrested 40-year-old Tara Huerta on Friday. The Kansas City Police Department arrested Kenneth Hedgecock, 34, days later.

Tara Huerta and Kenneth Hedgecock are each facing felony charges related to a three-year-old's death. (KCTV5)

Their arrests came after a 3-year-old was found unresponsive in an apartment in March. Paramedics brought the child to a hospital, but the child did not survive.

On May 29, an autopsy report confirmed the toddler died of acute fentanyl toxicity.

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation confirmed that methamphetamine, cocaine and fentanyl were all present in the apartment.

Huerta is charged with

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