Overview
- A joint investigation by the Lakeside Police Department and the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services found fentanyl in four children under age ten during medical evaluations.
- Authorities have charged Auston Patrick Green, 34, and Cindy Cristina Chevez Batres, 27, with multiple counts of child endangerment based on the investigation's findings.
- Lakeside police have named the couple as wanted and asked the public to call a tip line with information about their whereabouts.
- Officials have not disclosed what triggered the original inquiry or the exact circumstances of the children's exposure, and the probe remains active.
- DFPS involvement signals the case opened child-welfare protocols and medical toxicology was used to identify fentanyl, a potent opioid that can be life-threatening for young children.