Antonio Floyd , 28, and 27-year-old Shantanice Barksdale, both of Detroit have been charged in the Dec 25 death of their baby daughter Ava F
Prosecutors say the couple were producing fentanyl for sale in their Clinton Township home, which they shared with their three children
Authorities believe b18-month-old Ava Floyd drank something containing Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that is 50 to 100 times stronger than morphine
Autopsy showed Ava Floyd had ingested up to 15 times the amount of Fentanyl authorities had seen in Macomb County’s last 30 overdose deaths 
Ava Floyd 2    Ava Floyd reportedly had ‘an extraordinary level’ of Fentanyl in her body when she died of an overdose on December 25 inside her parents’ Detroit-area home

A Detroit-area couple have been charged in the Christmas Day overdose death of their 18-month-old daughter, who had ‘an extraordinary level’ of opioids in her system.
Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith told the Detroit Free Press that an autopsy showed Ava Floyd had ingested up to 15 times the dose of fentanyl involved in the last 30 overdose deaths in the county.
Smith’s office says Ava’s parents, 28-year-old Antonio Floyd and 27-year-old Shantanice Barksdale, were arraigned Monday and jailed on second-degree murder charges.

Antonio Floyd, [left], and Shantanice Barksdale [right] 1Antonio Floyd, [left], and Shantanice Barksdale [right], have been charged with second-degree murder in the December 25 death of their 18-month-old daughter from an opioid overdose
According to a press release from Smith’s office, the couple were producing fentanyl for sale in their Clinton Township home, which they shared with their three children, and authorities believe their baby daughter drank something containing the drug.
Ava was taken to a grandmother’s home in Warren where she stopped breathing.
Antonio Floyd, and Shantanice Barksdale 's Detroit apt complexProsecutors say the couple were producing Fentanyl for sale in their Clinton Township home [photo] which they shared with their three childrenAva Floyd and her siblings 1Authorities believe baby Ava seen here with her older siblings, drank something containing the drug, inside the home
Ava was taken to St. John Macomb Hospital where she was pronounced dead at 3.31pm. Medical staff observed no signs of trauma or abuse in the deceased toddler.
On January 10, police executed search warrants on the grandmother’s home and the parents’ home, and allegedly found evidence of manufacturing and distributing narcotics inside the home Floyd and Barksdale’s shared with their three children.
Investigators believe the young parents were involved in drug trafficking and were using their home to process and package Fentanyl for sale.
 
Ava Floyd [left], Antonio Floyd, [left], and Shantanice Barksdale [right] 1Tragic toddler, Ava [left] had ingested up to 15 times the amount of fentanyl authorities had seen in Macomb County’s last 30 overdose deaths. The drug allegedly was manufactured  by her parents [right]
Antonio Floyd, [left], and Shantanice Barksdale [right] 2     Ava’s parents Floyd and Barksdale [photo], have been charged with murder, manslaughter, delivery and manufacturing of a controlled substance, second-degree child abuse and felony firearm possession
Autopsy showed Ava had ingested up to 15 times the amount of fentanyl authorities had seen in Macomb County’s last 30 overdose deaths
In addition to murder, Floyd and Barksdale have been charged with manslaughter, drug trafficking and child abuse and felony firearm possession. Floyd, a convicted felon is also being charged with felon in possession of a weapon and felony firearm, WXYZ reported.
A judge ordered the couple held in jail without bond pending a probable cause hearing on January 22.
Fentanyl, which is 50 times stronger than heroin, followed by carfentanil, which is used to tranquillise elephants and is 10,000 times more potent than morphineFentanyl is a powerful painkiller 40 times as potent as heroin
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is 50 to 100 times stronger than morphine. Classified as a schedule II drug, Fentanyl is a powerful painkiller 40 times more potent than heroin. Designed for cancer related pain management, but has a strong potential to be abused and can create psychological and physical dependence.