MARION COUNTY, Iowa [WHO-TV]  — An Iowa mom has been charged in connection to the death of her three week old infant. According to court documents, on September 30th deputies with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a three week old who was unresponsive at a home in the 1100 block of 18th Avenue. When first responders arrived at the scene they discovered that the infant had died.

During the investigation into the infant’s death, the sheriff’s office learned that the infant was under the care of 30-year-old Lacy Jo Eiteman, the mother, and 30-year-old Jacob Burns. According to a criminal complaint, investigators discovered that Eiteman and Burns drank alcohol and took methamphetamine on September 29th and early into the morning of the 30th before they fell asleep with the infant in bed, a criminal complaint states. When the two woke up they found the infant lying in-between them and unresponsive.

On Thursday Eiteman was arrested and charged with Child Endangerment – Death and Neglect Or Abandonment Of A Dependent Person. She’s currently being held at the Marion County Jail on a $35,000 cash/surety bond. A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for January 30th.

In late December Burns was arrested and charged with Child Endangerment – Death, Neglect Of A Dependent Person, and Possession Of Drug Paraphernalia. Burns waived his preliminary hearing. He remains in the Marion County Jail.