A heartbroken grandmother told in gripping detail how one of her twin toddler grandsons turned blue as both died after allegedly being exposed to their mother’s fentanyl haul.
LaTina Allen choked back tears as she recalled performing CPR on her 3-year-old grandsons, Josiah and Jestine — also known as Jojo and Juju — on July 11.
Allen said she and her daughter, Jestice James, were at their Canoga Park, Calif. apartment that afternoon when she heard James screaming for help.
The older twin, Josiah, was not moving despite James’ attempt to wake up the toddler.
‘She didn’t even know what was going on,’ Allen said. ‘I heard her voice change. She kept on saying, “Jojo! Jojo!” When I ran into the room she said something was wrong.’
Allen said she grabbed the little boy, but Josiah had already turned blue.
‘I turned around and told my cousin to call 911,’ the grandmother said. ‘I was panicking and wasn’t doing CPR right, so my other daughter, Jestina, called 911.’
In their panic, Allen said they didn’t realize the minutes younger twin, Jestice, also was not breathing.
‘We were so worried about Jojo that we didn’t notice Juju also needed help,’ Allen recalled.
Allen said their neighbors also tried to do CPR on the twins. Paramedics who arrived about five minutes later used a Narcan spray on the boys, which is used to reverse an opioid overdose.
Jestice responded to the Narcan and moved a little bit, but Josiah’s tiny body was lifeless, the grandmother told DailyMail.com.
‘They took each in separate ambulances and my daughter was screaming to be with her kids,’ Allen said. ‘We thought we would be able to go in the ambulance with them, but they said, “No ma’am, it’s too critical. We can’t let you go with them.”
‘We just sat downstairs in shock. Three hours later, they took my daughter into custody.’
The boys were rushed to a nearby hospital, but it was too late. Josiah died later that afternoon, while Jestine died two days later.
Los Angeles County prosecutors charged James, 22, with two counts of murder and two counts of child abuse/endangerment under circumstances or conditions likely to cause great bodily harm or death.
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