A Jefferson Parish judge agreed to reduce the $250,000 bond set for a Marrero mother who faces a murder charge for allegedly ingesting methamphetamine and delivering a lethal dose of the drug to her 3-month-old daughter while breastfeeding.
Criminal Commissioner Patricia Joyce lowered 31-year-old Autumn Blansettâs bond to $75,000 on the second-degree murder charge Thursday after Blansettâs defense attorney, Jim Williams, argued the case had been âgrossly overcharged.â
Autumn Blansett (Photo from Jefferson Parish Sheriff s Office)
Williams also compared his clientâs case to that of Brandie Froeba, 37, a Kenner mother booked with murder in the 2018 death of her infant daughter, also allegedly due to drug-tainted breast milk. Despite her March 2019 arrest, the Jefferson Parish District Attorneyâs Office has not yet accepted the murder charge against Froeba, Williams noted in court.