Well, let me I'm just going to cut. I'm just going to be blunt to you. Your child died from fentanyl poisoning. In that sippy cup was fentanyl. In her blood was fentanyl because right now it's not an accident. And the when someone gives someone something and they die from it, it's a homicide. She was poisoned intentionally. Well, I'm just as clueless as you are. >> Do you agree with me? >> I'm not agreeing because I um Who would do that to a child? >> Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the East Hills neighborhood. On Thursday, April 5th, 2018, just after 6:00 p.m., police were called to an apartment for a baby who was not breathing. 17-month-old Charlotte Nappertally was taken to Children's Hospital where she died. Her mother, 23-year-old Jana Pratt, had found her unresponsive. On Charlotte's bed, police found a pink sippy cup with a red drink inside. Then the lab results came back. Fentinel in the cup and in Charlotte's blood. Authorities believed Pratt was the only person with her daughter that afternoon. Now, a detective wants one answer. How did Fentinel get into a toddler's sippy cup? This is the interrogation of Jana Pratt. Um, where did she Did she fall asleep in her bedroom? >> She came and got up on the couch with me. >> Mhm. And >> you guys took a nap. >> We barely We barely fell asleep. By the time I was actually, you know, like dozing off, Miss Vernon was knocking at the door. >> Okay. And at that time, you put her in her bedroom or left her on the couch. At this time, I had picked her up cuz I she was laying with me on the couch. I'm not sure if she was on top of me or beside me at that point. >> Yeah. >> Um I picked her up and I laid her on the couch and I opened the door and I came to get her off the couch and I put her on her bed. >> Okay. Um did you did she eat or drink anything? My boyfriend told me he made fish sticks and I want to say like French fries or something. >> Okay. Now, that was earlier in the day when you guys got back. Did she eat or drink anything? >> No, she didn't eat or drink anything. She had left her He said she she didn't want her sippy cup before they walked out the door to come and get me. So, he left the sippy cup there. Which sippy cup was that? >> To my knowledge, it should have been the pink one. >> The pink sippy cup. >> Mhm. >> And where was that located? >> I'm not even sure. I wasn't there. >> Did he have that or did she have it? >> It was left. >> It was left there. >> She didn't want it on the way out the door. >> Okay. When you say on the way out the door, you mean >> when they left to come and get me from school? >> Okay. When you came back, did she that pink sippy cup? Do you remember where? >> I didn't even see the sippy cup. >> Did you give her the sippy sippy cup at all? >> I didn't see the sippy cup. >> Okay. Do you remember it being in in her bedroom? That sippy cup? >> I think I might have found the sippy cup on the way to I don't I'm not sure. I just remember I believe putting the sippy cup in her bed with her. >> Okay. Did you put anything in the sippy cup? >> No, there was a red liquid in it and I know we had Huggies. >> Yeah, I remember seeing some Huggies in there >> to my to be more specific. Happy drink Huggies. >> Is that what they're called? >> Mhm. >> Okay. Um, did you when you were little Let me I'm just going to show you the the picture. This is um is this the same sippy cup you're thinking of? >> Mhm. >> Now, did you have put liquid in there um earlier in the day? >> Yes, >> you did. >> Mhm. >> Okay. Was that the same sippy cup that you put the liquid in? It was before you went to school, when you got home from school, or >> I put a a different juice drink in there and she had a complete fit and she didn't drink it. >> So, how the red liquid got in, he changed her sippy cup when he fed her. >> Okay. >> He said she drank a little bit and threw it. >> Okay. Out of that sippy cup. Mhm. >> Okay. Um, when you lived at that address, um, did you get anything delivered in the mail from overseas? >> I had just ordered her entire room from Walmart. I don't know if that came from overseas or not. >> Well, Walmart wouldn't. I'm saying like, did you order anything that maybe that you know, might not have that might have been out of the ordinary. Any type of anything from a different country? >> No, my mother purchased the baby gate that was in her room. >> Okay. >> But I believe she purchased that from Walmart also. >> There would be no reason like you would get any packages say from China or from Japan or anything like that, >> like directly from them. >> Yeah, >> I don't think so. >> Okay. But to your knowledge, you >> I ordered everything from Walmart. >> Okay. Okay. Um, so just to be clear, the the stuff that was in that sippy cup you did put in or you did not? >> I did not. >> Okay. Okay. Do you have any idea? Um, well, let me I'm just going to cut. I'm just going to be blunt to you. Your child died from fentanyl poisoning. >> So, why did CF tell me hypoxic cardiac arrest? >> They were there weren't lab results then. So, I'm going to explain this to you. Okay. In that sippy cup was fentanyl. In her blood was fentanyl. When they we just got these results back. It's the same type of fentanyl that people are overdosing every day in Pittsburgh and dying from. Same exact type. Okay. So, I need to know how the fentanyl got in the sippy cup because right now it's not an accident. Okay. >> Mhm. >> All right. So, scientifically, it's impossible for your daughter to put fentanyl in a sippy cup. Okay. Physically, it's impossible for her to do. Scientifically, that's another story. But right now, that's what that's how she died. It wasn't a heart attack. It wasn't any other reason other than she overdosed on fentanyl, which is the same fentanyl that people in the streets are dying on every single day. How the fentanyl get in the sippy cup, giant >> just straight fentanyl? >> Yeah. >> So, what is it like a liquid? A a >> I'm not a scientist. It comes in a liquid form. It comes in a powder form. I'm not exactly sure, but what I am sure of is that that fentanyl was put in a sippy cup and there was liquid mixed into it and it was given to Charlotte and that's how she died. So, I need to know how that got in there. >> I have no knowledge to how Fenton got in my daughter. >> Okay. >> Cuz you realize right now this investigation is taking a whole different turn. Yeah, clearly. >> And the when someone gives someone something and they die from it, >> it's a homicide. >> She was poisoned intentionally. >> Okay. Well, I have been making complaints to my rent office because I've been smelling a funny smell in my house of several times returning back to my house. This is since you've moved or >> No, this is living in apartment number five. >> This is where you used to live. >> Yes. >> Okay. Well, that still wouldn't explain how I got in the sippy cup. >> Well, I'm just as clueless as you are. So, are you implicating that I put fentanyl in my child sippy cup? >> No. I I But based on this timeline, I mean, there's only two people that could have put fentanyl in the sippy cup based on what you just told me about 10 minutes ago. And based on the whole timeline of that day, >> notice the order of this interview. Before revealing the lab results, the detective locked in the timeline, who fed Charlotte, which cup it was, and who handled it. And under that questioning, Pratt's account moved. First, she said she never even saw the sippy cup. Moments later, she remembered putting it in Charlotte's bed, and her explanation for the red drink shifted the cup to her boyfriend, who she said changed it when he fed her. >> I need to know how it got in there, cuz this this investigation is not going away. >> Okay? And I'm telling you, I returned to my house from being picked up from school. >> Mhm. >> And I did nothing out of the usual. >> Okay? We took our stuff off and she ran around and played and I'm waiting for my social worker to come. >> Okay. >> Do you get fentanyl delivered from China? >> I have I know I don't know anything about fentanyl. >> Okay. Did you ever put anything in her sippy cup other than >> juice? She's drank water. She's drank milk. She's drank Kool-Aid. Liquids. But have you ever put anything in there? >> No, I have not. Okay. Other than >> I mean cuz some parents will give their kids a little bit of you know benadryil or something like that. So I can >> No, that doesn't go in a sippy cup because it's supposed to be measured out and benadryil is not supposed to be drank. Tylen not supposed to be drank over specific amount of hours. It's supposed to be one dose and that's it. >> Right. I agree with you. I agree with you. But people parents >> I'm not one of those people or parents. >> Okay. That's what I'm asking. And it it wouldn't be the first time. Okay. I'm just asking. But the problem, we have a problem right now. Would you, is that safe to say that there's a problem? I mean, I have I have I have to figure out how this got in there because your baby is can't tell me. Is there a reason someone would want to do that? Would some is there a reason why fentanyl would be in a sippy cup? No, there's not. And no, there's not a reason anybody would want to. >> The amount of fentanyl that was in her system was extremely high. Okay, it was it was very high. And that's essentially when she drank the sippy cup, whenever she picked that sippy cup off the bed, it was absorbed very quickly. And once she swallowed it, she didn't have much time to survive. >> That's not possible because I didn't physically see her with her sippy cup and we were at home. I was with her. I can't tell you the exact time frame, but when I got home, >> because I went to the welfare office a little bit after I as soon as I left school, >> there's no possible way. The sippy cup I showed you, that picture of, that's the sippy cup that had it in it. Okay, I'm going to step out for a little bit, let you think about this. >> There's nothing to [clears throat] think about. >> Okay. Well, I need to step out anyway. All right. But I that's why I brought you here was to tell you exactly what happened and what we found. And I mean wasn't really me but it was you know scientists and you know people at the lab have discovered all this medical examiners doctors. >> Okay. >> Okay. So am I under arrest? >> No. [clears throat] >> Are there any more questions? >> I just want to know how it got in there. That's that's the big question. >> I don't know how it got in there. This is news to me like it's news to you. >> If you had to guess how it got in there, is there any way you know any guess? You couldn't have >> a manufacturing issue with the happy drinks. >> So, you think it could have been the the Huggy? >> Yes. And as a matter of fact, I took a sip of those Huggies and I actually it didn't really have a a pleasing taste to it. >> We tested the Huggies. >> No, no. >> So, what are you implying? >> I'm I'm I'm I'm asking. I'm just asking straight up how it got in there. >> And I'm telling you straight up. I have no clue how it got in there. >> No clue. >> Is this something your boyfriend would have done? >> He has kids of his own. Why would he hurt my child? >> Well, there's I mean there's Did anyone else have access to the apartment? >> Maintenance people, the people who run the place. >> So, other than the maintenance people and people that run the place, the only person that has access to it is you and [clears throat] um Mr. Williams. >> Yes. >> Was any maintenance people in there recently? I wouldn't know. >> You wouldn't know. >> Does anyone Was anyone in your house that uses heroin? >> I wouldn't know what people's personal drugs they use. >> But to your knowledge, >> no. >> Did you have any people in your house that use heroin? >> No. >> Do you use heroin? >> No. >> Does your boyfriend use heroin? >> No. Other than smoking weed, do you do any other drugs? >> No. >> By now, Pratt has offered three explanations. A strange smell in her old apartment, a manufacturing problem with the store-bought drinks, and maintenance workers with keys. The detective says the drinks were tested, and when he narrows down who had access, the list comes down to two people: Pratt and her boyfriend. She defends him immediately, and each time she returns to the same answer. She has no clue. >> All right. Well, it's my job to find out how this got in there. >> Okay. At this point, and like right, this isn't going to go away. This investigation is not going away until I find out. >> Okay. >> When you found out, you let me know. >> I definitely will. >> I definitely questions. Um, I mean, you already told me she was acting fine. She was she wasn't sick. You guys got home. You take a nap. You fall asleep together on the couch. Social or the Urban League lady comes. You take her into her bedroom. She falls asleep in there. Urban lady leaves. >> She was asleep before. >> Oh, she was still asleep. She stayed asleep. Urban lady left and you went to check on her and that's when you found she was unresponsive and there was that pink sippy cup on her bed and you called 911. Police showed up first and then the medics. Correct. >> I don't know who showed up first, honestly. >> Okay. I just I really want to know why your baby had that large amount of fentanyl in her. >> I would too. >> I mean, she was enough to kill a very large animal. >> There's no way my daughter could have got into any type of fentanyl. >> I agree with you. I agree. I think someone just like a bartender mixes up a drink, put it in that sippy cup. That's the only possible way it could have got in there. >> Is there any more questions? Officer Detective, >> do you agree with me? >> I'm not agreeing because I um Who would do that to a child? >> That's I I >> there's a really really messed up person. really messed up person would do that. >> There's no possible way. >> Well, got in there somehow. And the amount of fentanyl she had could have killed probably two horses that was in her system. Okay. >> Any more questions? >> No. Am I under arrest? >> No. >> Can I go? >> Sure. >> When the interview ended, Pratt was free to go. But on Friday, August 24th, 2018, police arrested her and charged her with criminal homicide and endangering the welfare of children. District Attorney Steven Zappa said she was not helpful when investigators tried to interview her. Both Pratt and the man who had watched Charlotte that day denied putting fentanyl in the cup. At trial, prosecutors argued Pratt gave Charlotte the drink so she could relax and smoke marijuana. On Tuesday, June 4th, 2019, a jury acquitted Pratt of first and thirdderee murder. It convicted her of involuntary manslaughter and endangering the welfare of children. On September 25th, 2019, Judge Mark Tranquility sentenced her to 5 to 10 years in state prison, the statutory maximum. In September 2020, the Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed her sentence. Charlotte Napper Thally was 17 months old. She should have had a lifetime ahead of her. She is remembered here as a little girl who deserved to be safe. 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