The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office on Wednesday announced prosecutors charged two drug dealers with murder for their part in the fentanyl overdose death of 18-month-old Winter Doe.
The charges come five months after Winter’s parents, Derek Vaughn Rayo and Kelly Gene Richardson, became the first in Santa Clara County ’s history to be charged with murdering their own child with drugs.Prosecutors allege Phillip Ortega, 31, of Gilroy, and Paige Vitale, 32, of San Jose , provided Winter’s parents with a "steady supply of opioids and shared the drugs, while the baby girl wandered inside the drug-littered San Jose residence.
Evidence also showed that the two defendants consistently supplied Rayo and Richardson with fentanyl and methamphetamine.In a statement, District Attorney Jeff Rosen said: "The fatal irresponsibility of the people around Baby Winter is shocking – and it is criminal. We will hold accountable anyone whose recklessness ended the life of that poor little girl."On August 12, 2023, Rayo and Richardson waited more than 12 hours before calling 911 to report that their daughter was dead.
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