Wyandotte Mom Charged in Teen Daughter's Fatal Overdose

The mother of a Wyandotte teen who died of a drug overdose in February 2012 has been charged in a five-count warrant, including four felonies by the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office.

Michele Rydlicki was arraigned March 26 in 27th District Court on three charges of second-degree child abuse and delivery of a controlled substance, both felony offenses, and a misdemeanor charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, The News-Herald reports.

Her 15-year-old daughter, Kerigan Brandon, was found unresponsive in the family home on Jan. 12, 2013, and died at Mott’s Children’s Hospital in Ann Arbor on Feb. 13, 2013. The official cause of death was leukoencephalopathy due to a methadone overdose and anoxic brain injury.

Wyandotte Police Detective Jerome Yoscovits told the newspaper it’s believed Brandon suffered the brain injury when her brain was deprived of oxygen due to the presence of several different narcotics in her system.

Rydlicki remains in the Wayne County Jail after she was unable to post 10 percent of a $500,000 cash bond set by Magistrate Elizabeth DiSanto.