$100,000 bail in baby’s fentanyl death

LACROSSE, Wis. – Bail was set at $100,000 for a LaCrosse couple whose baby, according to an autopsy, died from the toxic effects of fentanyl. Lavon Liggins, 43, and Brittany M. Basley, 34, had been the subject of a 10-month investigation that began when police responded to 919 Gould Street after a caller said the Basley and her baby were sleeping in a bed and the baby was blue. Police resuscitation attempts failed. Both Lavon Liggins and Basley have drug records. Earlier they were convictions of neglecting a 2-month-old child. At the time a charge drug trafficking was dismissed in a plea agreement. This tme a social worker was in the process of placing both children into guardianship.