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SLED: Mother caused 13 week old son's death

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Fantasia Butler (Source: WYFF) Fantasia Butler (Source: WYFF)

GAFFNEY, SC (WYFF) - An Upstate mother is charged with homicide by child abuse after her infant son died.

According to a South Carolina Law Enforcement Division news release, 19-year-old Fantasia Marie Barnett Butler caused the death of her 13-week-old son on April 22.

An arrest warrant said the death occurred under "circumstances manifesting an extreme indifference to human life."

The release said the arrest is a result of an investigation conducted by SLED and the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office at the request of the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office.

No other information was released.

Butler is being held at the Cherokee County Detention Center.

The case will be prosecuted by the Seventh Circuit Solicitor's Office.

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