Mother Is Charged After Confessing to Giving Son Fentanyl That Killed Him at Age 4
- Chavon Boone called 911 on May 19 and confessed to giving her 4-year-old son fentanyl, which caused him to go into cardiac arrest and die.
- Anthony Upshaw Jr. died on April 10, and an autopsy found fentanyl in his system, but the cause of death was originally undetermined.
- Boone faces charges of felony murder, child abuse, and delivery of a narcotic causing death in Detroit.
- Boone's alleged confession helped investigators determine that she was responsible for putting the fentanyl in her son's system.
- Boone turned herself into the Detroit Police Department and admitted to murdering her 4-year-old son.