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Swanietra Cooke (Tarrant County Jail)<\/p>\n
FORT WORTH, Texas – A Fort Worth mother is facing charges for her 1-month-old son\u2019s fatal meth overdose.<\/p>\n
What we know:<\/p>\n
Swanietra Cooke was arrested on Tuesday and booked into the Tarrant County jail.<\/p>\n
The 36-year-old mother is facing a manslaughter charge for the death of her 1-month-old son, Zachariah, in July 2025.<\/p>\n
The Tarrant County Medical Examiner\u2019s Office recently determined that baby Zachariah\u2019s death was caused by methamphetamine toxicity. His death was ruled a homicide.<\/p>\n
Dig deeper:<\/p>\n
According to an arrest warrant affidavit, Cooke admitted that baby Zachariah was initially taken away from her because he was born with methamphetamines in his system.<\/p>\n
She also admitted that she had been using the drug for about a year.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The baby\u2019s father admitted that he and Cooke would “get together to use drugs, methamphetamine, and have consensual sex.” And a second child told investigators that Cooke routinely smoked in the home.<\/p>\n
The investigators reportedly found two glass pipes commonly used to smoke meth on a side table just a few feet away from both the baby\u2019s crib and his mother\u2019s bed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Cooke\u2019s drug tests in the months following the baby\u2019s death came back positive.<\/p>\n
What they’re saying:<\/p>\n
The arrest warrant for Cooke states that investigators have reason to believe she recklessly committed the offense of manslaughter.<\/p>\n
The Source: The information in this story comes from Swanietra Cooke’s arrest warrant affidavit, jail records, and medical examiner records.<\/p>\n
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