{"id":307393,"date":"2026-05-09T07:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T07:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/307393\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T07:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T07:35:09","slug":"san-jose-parents-convicted-of-murder-in-toddlers-fentanyl-overdose-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/307393\/","title":{"rendered":"San Jose parents convicted of murder in toddler’s fentanyl overdose death"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Fox<\/a>Sat, May 9, 2026 at 1:23 AM UTC<\/p>\n

The Brief<\/p>\n

A San Jose couple was convicted of murder in the 2023 fentanyl overdose death of their 19-month-old daughter.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors said the child had 25 times the lethal dose of fentanyl, and the parents waited more than 11 hours to call 911.<\/p>\n

Both face 15 years to life in prison; the suspected drug dealer has also been charged with murder.<\/p>\n

SAN JOSE, Calif. – A San Jose man and woman were convicted on Friday of murder in the fatal drug overdose of their 19-month-old daughter.<\/a><\/p>\n

A jury found Derek Rayo, 29, and Kelly Richardson, 31, responsible for the 2023 death of Winter Rayo<\/a> after leaving the toddler in a room with fentanyl and methamphetamine, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors said the child had about 25 times the lethal amount of fentanyl in her blood, as well as additional undigested fentanyl in her stomach.<\/p>\n

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Winter Rayo is shown in this undated photo. She died in 2023 after being exposed to fentanyl and suffering an overdose.<\/p>\n

Rayo and Richardson waited more than 11 hours before calling 911 to report that their daughter had died, according to prosecutors.<\/p>\n

Reaction to conviction<\/p>\n

What they’re saying<\/p>\n

“Fentanyl kills,” District Attorney Jeff Rosen said. “In this case, the powerful opioid was left around this toddler like a loaded gun. The criminal recklessness of these two defendants killed their own child. I thank the jury for giving that child\u2019s tragically short life some meaning.”<\/p>\n

Winter\u2019s parents were the first in Santa Clara County\u2019s history to be charged and then convicted of murdering their own child by exposure to fentanyl.<\/p>\n

Each defendant faces a maximum sentence of 15 years to life in prison.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors said they have also filed murder charges against the dealer accused of supplying the drugs to the couple.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Source<\/p>\n

Santa Clara District Attorney’s Office<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sat, May 9, 2026 at 1:23 AM UTC The Brief A San Jose couple was convicted of murder…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":307394,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[129230,129229,20432,88,90,89,198],"class_list":["post-307393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-derek-rayo","tag-kelly-richardson","tag-prosecutors","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-santa-clara-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/307394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}