St. Paul police say narcotics may have played a role in the death of a toddler on Christmas Day. Officers responded to a residence on the 1000 block of Fifth Street East shortly after 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday on a report of an unresponsive child.

St. Paul police arrested the parents of a 1½-year-old boy who died on Christmas. Preliminary information is that narcotics may have played a role in the boy’s death, according to police. Police arrested the child’s 38-year-old father and 31-year-old mother on suspicion of manslaughter.

The St. Paul Police Department (SPPD) is investigating after officers found an unresponsive one-year-old who later died at a hospital on Christmas Day. The SPPD suspects narcotics may have played a role in the child's death,

The 38 and 31-year old parents of a 1-year old child that died of an apparent overdose on Christmas Day have been arrested on suspicion of 2nd degree manslaughter.