A JUNKIE mother who used heroin during her pregnancy has been jailed for 30 years after her addicted baby died after just nine days.
Matthew Kirsch junior, died at Sinai Hospital in Maryland, just nine days after Anne Kirsch gave birth to him at a car mechanic’s garage.
A post-mortem examination revealed the child had suffered a bang to his head which had caused a brain injury.
And had hardly been fed during his time alive during October 2015.
The baby also likely suffered severe withdrawal symptoms and physical pain, as a result of his likely heroin addiction, authorities said.
But worst of all it was found that baby Matthew’s stomach was empty, except for gastric fluid, and no sign whatsoever of food in his digestive track.
MOST READ IN NEWS
Kirsch’s husband, Matthew Kirsich Sr, was also sentenced to 15 years of jail time for his role in baby Matthew’s death.
According to MailOnline, Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn J Mosby said: “As a mother, it is hard to understand how the maternal instinct to nurture and protect did not kick-in for this mother, and my heart breaks that this child suffered through nine days of heroin withdrawals, blunt force trauma, and starvation.”
We pay for your stories! Do you have a story for The Sun Online news team? Email us at tips@the-sun.co.uk or call 0207 782 4368 . We pay for videos too. Click here to upload yours.