Mom indicted on charge of giving teen drugs

GEORGETOWN, Del. - December 14, 2011

Forty-six-year-old Leslie Laughlin is charged with endangering the welfare of a child and other offenses in the Dec. 5 indictment. She was released on $5,000 unsecured bail.

Authorities say on July 15, Laughlin's daughter died from a drug overdose. Officials say an investigation showed Laughlin had given the teenager drugs that had been prescribed to Laughlin.

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