{"id":36874,"date":"2025-11-07T04:25:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T04:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/36874\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T04:25:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T04:25:10","slug":"mistrial-declared-for-trial-of-tallahassee-mother-accused-in-death-of-three-year-old-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/36874\/","title":{"rendered":"Mistrial declared for trial of Tallahassee mother accused in death of three-year-old son"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) &#8211; A mistrial was declared on Thursday in the case of a Tallahassee woman accused of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/2023\/01\/24\/tallahassee-police-department-investigating-death-3-year-old-boy\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/2023\/01\/24\/tallahassee-police-department-investigating-death-3-year-old-boy\/\">death of her three-year-old child. <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/2025\/11\/03\/tallahassee-mother-stand-trial-this-week-after-3-year-old-son-died-ingesting-fentanyl\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/2025\/11\/03\/tallahassee-mother-stand-trial-this-week-after-3-year-old-son-died-ingesting-fentanyl\/\">Cameren Evans was on trial<\/a>, facing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/2024\/03\/23\/tallahassee-woman-charged-death-3-year-old-son-who-died-after-ingesting-drugs-including-fentanyl-court-records-say\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/2024\/03\/23\/tallahassee-woman-charged-death-3-year-old-son-who-died-after-ingesting-drugs-including-fentanyl-court-records-say\/\">aggravated manslaughter charges <\/a>for the 2023 death of her son. An autopsy showed the toddler died after ingesting fentanyl.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Cameren Evans' mugshot.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1762489510_626_ROX2DEYHH5HSTDNGTAUWJP3IBM.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>Cameren Evans&#8217; mugshot.(Leon County Jail)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Evans is also accused of leaving her child in the care of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/2024\/03\/25\/second-arrest-made-death-3-year-old-tallahassee-boy-who-died-ingesting-fentanyl\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/2024\/03\/25\/second-arrest-made-death-3-year-old-tallahassee-boy-who-died-ingesting-fentanyl\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tony Balcom<\/a>, from whom she bought drugs. He is facing the same aggravated manslaughter charges as Evans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Court records show a mistrial was declared on Thursday after the jury deliberated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">WCTV is working to learn more. This article will be updated when we get more details. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Follow wctv dot tv for updates. 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