According to a criminal complaint, Tiffany Le Sueur, 35, injected her baby with human waste while it was in hospital. Photo / Columbus Police
According to a criminal complaint, Tiffany Le Sueur, 35, injected her baby with human waste while it was in hospital. Photo / Columbus Police
A Ohio woman has been arrested after allegedly injecting faecal matter into her hospitalised baby’s IV line, according to Columbus Police.
In a criminal complaint by police obtained by the Columbus Dispatch, Tiffany Le Sueur, 35, is accused of collecting human faeces and injecting it into her baby’s IV atNationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus on February 8.
The hospital declined to say why the child had been admitted, citing privacy laws.
The complaint says hospital staff first contacted the Columbus Police Department’s Physical Abuse Unit earlier in the day, reporting concerns that Le Sueur was harming the child. Staff told police they would monitor her visits.
Later that afternoon, staff called police a second time, claiming they had seen Le Sueur holding a syringe containing a “foreign substance” and injecting it into the baby’s IV line. Officers arrived and detained Le Sueur.
Detectives interviewed hospital staff, who claimed they saw in surveillance footage Le Sueur entering a hospital bathroom with an empty cup and leaving with what appeared to be human waste. Then they reported Le Sueur injected the substance into the child’s IV, said the complaint.
A picture of Tiffany Le Sueur from her personal Facebook page. Photo / Tiffany Le Sueur
Le Sueur has been charged with child endangerment, a third-degree felony, according to Franklin County court records. The charges carry an additional specification of torture and cruel abuse.
Social media profiles linked to Le Sueur suggest she has four other children. It has been reported in the Daily Mail that she lost a baby prematurely in 2022. Media outlets report they have attempted to contact her husband but have not received a response.
Le Sueur is being held at the James A. Karnes Detention Facility in Columbus. A preliminary hearing is set for February 19, and a judge has ordered her held on US$250,000 ($412,928) bond.
