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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald

Drugs found in dead toddler's system matched those in carer's home, court told

The death of Jordan William Thompson, who was 21 months old when he died in 2005.

After an autopsy revealed toddler Jordan Thompson died with high levels of antidepressant in his system, police found the same drug in Cecil Patrick Kennedy's Singleton home.

Mr Kennedy was looking after the 21-month-old alongside his own child when Jordan's mother, Bernice Swales, went to the shops on March 19, 2005.

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