A young couple in the US state of Washington are accused of injecting three young children with heroin to "make them go to sleep".
日前,美国华盛顿一对年轻夫妇被指控给自己三个年幼的孩子注射海洛因,其原因是想让他们“睡觉”。Police say Ashlee Hutt and Mac Leroy McIver were found living with three children, aged six, four and two, among rat droppings, drug needles and heroin.
据警方表示,阿什莉·赫特和麦克·勒罗伊·麦基弗共育有三个孩子(分别6岁、4岁和2岁大),他们终日和老鼠屎、毒品注射针头和海洛因生活在一起。Ms Hutt appeared in court last Monday and faces child endangerment charges. Mr McIver faces similar charges. The three children were removed from the home last November.
上周一,阿什莉·赫特出现在法庭,她面临着危害儿童的指控,而麦克·勒罗伊·麦基弗也面临着同样的指控。去年十一月,这三个孩子就已经从那个家中被接走了。
Pierce County Sheriff's Department spokesman Ed Troyer told The Washington Post: "The kids lived in deplorable conditions. It wasn't a good living situation even without the issue of heroin."
皮尔斯郡警局发言人埃德·特罗耶向《华盛顿邮报》透露称:“孩子们曾经生活在及其恶劣的环境之下。即使撇开海洛因的问题不论,那儿也谈不上是一个好的居住环境。”according to court documents, the six-year-old told investigators the couple gave him "feel good medicine" which he described "as white powder which was mixed with water" and injected with needles.
根据法庭文件显示,那名6岁的孩子对调查人员表示,他的父母给了他一种让他“感觉很好的药物”,据其描述那药物是“白色的粉末,和水混在一起”,然后用针头注射到身体里。Two of the children tested positive for the drug, and puncture marks and bruising, consistent with needle injections were also found on the children's bodies, according to reports.
据报道,其中两个孩子的毒品检测呈阳性,还在身上发现了刺伤和擦伤。此外,孩子们身上还发现了另外一些符合针头注射毒品的痕迹。Both Ms Hutt and Mr McIver have pleaded not guilty to the charges, though they both admitted to being heroin users.
阿什莉·赫特和麦克·勒罗伊·麦基弗都拒不认罪,但是两人都承认自己确实吸食海洛因。