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Article: Woman who drank before giving birth charged with manslaughter.
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- St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO)
- Article date:
- December 20, 2006
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Byline: Susan Weich
ST. CHARLES COUNTY, Mo. _ When Sherri Lohnstein arrived at the hospital in labor, she was drunk, police said. Her baby girl, who weighed just 2 pounds and had a blood alcohol content that would be twice the legal limit for an adult, died a short time later.
Prosecutors charged Lohnstein, 33, on Wednesday with involuntary manslaughter.
"I was drinking, and she died," Lohnstein told police. "I don't know why, but I should not have drank."
When baby Zreanna was born Sept. 9, it was not the first time Lohnstein had been drunk, police said. She drank throughout her pregnancy against the advice of her physician, police ...