Grandmother charged in Infant’s Death

A Pickens County grandmother has been arrested after the death of an infant. The Pickens County Sheriff’s Office reports that 43-year-old Angela Denise Brewer stands charged with homicide by child abuse. Investigators were called to a home on Swiss Entrance in Pickens on Oct. 17 after a 911 call that a child was not breathing. The 14-month-old boy was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead. After an investigation, the coroner’s office says a lethal dose of Oxycodone was found in the child’s system. Authorities said the prescription painkiller was found in a sippy cup provided by Brewer, who was the sole caretaker for the child on the day he died.