BUTTE — Audria Nickerson, accused of smothering her baby to death, is fighting her extradition back to Butte.
Nickerson was arrested in Maine last month on a charge of negligent homicide after she fell asleep on her 5-month-old daughter while parked near the police station in Butte on September 25th.
She is challenging her extradition back to Butte, and prosecutors will seek a governor’s warrant to secure her return next month. She remains jailed in Maine.
Toxicology tests found methamphetamine in Nickerson’s system at the time of her baby's death.
Nickerson had been questioned by police after she was found in her parked vehicle with her dead daughter on the morning of September 25, 2019. The mother and child were found in a car that was parked at the intersection of Alaska and Granite Street. The incident began about 8:40 a.m when police officers noticed a car parked in an area less than a block from the police station The car's engine was running, and the car doors were locked.
Butte Sheriff Ed Lester said at the time that officers “...attempted to wake the female up and as they did that it appeared she was lying partially on an infant who was also in the vehicle. At that point they decided to break a window out of the passenger side of the vehicle and when they got to the infant, the infant was not breathing and had no pulse,” said Butte Sheriff Ed Lester.
We will update you when we get more information.
