In a shocking case out of Washington state, a mother stands accused of killing her infant son with fentanyl, while video evidence purportedly shows her “singing and dancing” prior to the tragic event. Prosecutors assert she has fabricated an intricate tale to assert her innocence.

Safarah Red, 33, faces manslaughter charges for allegedly administering a lethal dose of fentanyl to her 11-month-old son in 2024. According to court documents from King County Superior Court, she attempted to deflect blame by claiming that an “unknown assailant” had attacked her and her child at a Seattle train station.

A probable cause affidavit, accessed by Law&Crime, reveals that Red contacted police at around 2 a.m., reporting that her son was not breathing after an alleged attack that had occurred three hours earlier.

“During the 911 call, Red informed dispatchers that the assault took place at the Light Rail station,” the affidavit states. “She claimed to have returned home, prepared a bottle for her son, and then found herself on the ground upon waking.”

According to dispatcher notes, Red appeared to be “high or intoxicated” during the call. She suggested her child “might have” come into contact with a substance that an “unknown male had forced in her mouth” amidst the supposed attack, as detailed in the affidavit.

“Dispatch provided instructions to Red for CPR due to the child no longer breathing but it appeared she was not listening to 911 and in too much of an elevated state to follow these directions,” the affidavit says. “She just continued to say, ‘I’m sorry! I’m so sorry! I’m sorry!’”

Police officers showed up to Red’s residence but she allegedly refused to come to the door. The officers were forced to break into the apartment, with officers finding Red inside “crying uncontrollably” and yelling, “I’m sorry” to herself.

Red’s son was already dead when authorities arrived and “cold to the touch” on a mattress on the floor, the affidavit says.

A case summary and bail request filed by prosecutors, which was also obtained by Law&Crime, says Red told investigators that a man had attacked her earlier in the evening and forced a “white substance that tasted like fentanyl” into her mouth at a south Seattle light rail station. She allegedly claimed that her infant son may have been exposed as well.

“Investigators say that account was false and allege Red was a known fentanyl user who had previously been investigated by the Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) for drug use around her baby,” the case summary says. “The defendant went to great lengths to concoct a story about how an unknown individual supposedly forced a ‘white substance’ into her mouth on public transportation and that, according to the defendant, ‘it tasted like fentanyl.”‘”

Prosecutors say Red provided a “generalized description of this unknown assailant” to law enforcement in an attempt to “cover up her own actions and lead law enforcement to investigate her claim,” per the case summary.

“Interestingly, the apartment surveillance video shows the defendant with the victim entering the complex after the supposed attack and going to the mail room where she appeared to be dancing and not in a state of distress, counter to her version of events,” the summary alleges.

According to the probable cause affidavit, Red was captured on surveillance video pushing a stroller with her son in it while “singing and dancing.” Police reviewed footage from the light rail station during the times Red said the alleged attack happened and were unable to find her on camera, per the affidavit.

“The unknown male … put a white object in her mouth that Red stated, ‘tasted like fentanyl,’” the affidavit explains, citing statements Red gave to police.

“She said it began dissolving as she tried spitting it out,” according to the affidavit. “She was pushed to the ground by the man after being punched in the face multiple times. The male grabbed her wallet and fled the scene.”

While recounting the attack story to police, Red said she darted home and laid her son down on the mattress before passing out, according to the affidavit. Red allegedly claimed she “woke up later and found [her son] foaming at the mouth, laying in the same position she had left him in.”

Police say Red told them she gave her son “several doses of Narcan and placed him in the shower as she had seen on TV.” After that, she said she called 911.

“While she was on the phone with 911, apartment surveillance video shows the defendant throwing two trash bags away in the trash chute,” the case summary alleges. “The contents of those bags were never recovered and are unknown, however, it appeared getting rid of those items were of the utmost importance to the defendant given the fact that she was still on the phone with dispatch while the 11 month old victim was non-responsive within the apartment unit.”

Prosecutors say that the autopsy performed on Red’s son “revealed levels of norfentanyl that indicate likely chronic exposure to the controlled substance,” according to the case summary.

“The defendant had access to services and yet still placed such a vulnerable victim in a dangerous position where they were able to obtain a deadly narcotic,” the summary explains, noting how Red had been put on notice prior to this death occurring by social workers.

“In November 2023, a DCYF social worker met with the defendant at her home and reminded her of how deadly fentanyl can be to children,” the case summary says. “At that time, the defendant said she was aware and will follow safe procedures if she uses. She also pulled out a drawer full of Narcan in the kitchen drawer and showed a lockbox on top of her sink in the kitchen area. This notice was almost a year prior to the defendant recklessly causing the death of a child.”

Red was being held this week at the King County Jail, with her bail set at $500,000. She is due back in court on April 28.

In Florida, a man has been charged with the alleged murder of his girlfriend, a crime that occurred nearly two years ago. Authorities claim the motive stemmed from her threat to report him for viewing child sexual abuse material. The victim’s body has not been found.

Aaron Hokanson, aged 60, is accused of first-degree murder in the case of 61-year-old Martina Lundy. As per the details in the arrest affidavit, Lundy’s granddaughter alerted the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office on June 4, 2024, about her grandmother’s disappearance after she had not been seen for several days.

The couple resided together on SW Carpenter Road in Lake City and had been in a relationship for two years. However, the dynamics between them turned “volatile” shortly before the alleged homicide, as Lundy began questioning Hokanson’s sexual orientation, according to investigators.

During a trip to the Florida Keys in March 2024, Lundy reportedly suggested visiting a gay bar, a proposal Hokanson declined, insisting he was not gay. Additionally, she confided in her brother just days before she vanished, claiming she had evidence of Hokanson admitting to viewing child sexual abuse images “at least 100 times,” as noted in the affidavit.

Hokanson reportedly revealed that he had been a victim of molestation by his mother’s boyfriend during his childhood.

“Lundy explained this was no excuse for him to watch child porn,” cops wrote. “Lundy told Hokanson he would never be around any children, and she was going to tell his daughter.”

She later told the defendant that she was “going to have him arrested by the end of the week.” Hokanson allegedly destroyed his cellphone and laptop and deleted the search history, according to police.

Cops believe Hokanson murdered Lundy in the early morning hours of May 30, 2024. She was last heard on a voicemail to her daughter at 2:23 a.m. Lundy also can be heard confronting Hokanson about his sexuality on the voicemail. At 7:22 a.m., data shows Hokanson started his vehicle, per cops.

Lundy and her granddaughter were set to go to a wedding that weekend, and the granddaughter went to the Carpenter Road home on May 31, 2024, to pick up a dress, cops wrote. But Lundy wasn’t there. Hokanson claimed Lundy had taken off the day before, upset about her daughter calling her late at night, according to the complaint.

The victim was also without her phone, which her family thought was odd, cops said. She has never been seen or heard from since.

“She is not coming home,” Assistant State Attorney Sean Crisafulli told local ABC affiliate WCJB. “Martina Lundy did not abandon her daughter. She did not abandon her granddaughter that she raised as her own. She didn’t abandon those two dogs she took with her everywhere she went. She didn’t abandon the tenants for whom she collected rent like clockwork until this happened.”

Cops also point to $73,000 in cash that is still sitting in a bank safe-deposit box as another indicator that she’s dead.

Hokanson claims Lundy “took off” on her own. Prosecutors allege he sent fake text messages to throw family and law enforcement off track.

“I’m going away for a few days,” one message said. “I gotta get away from all this s— and people.”

He also lied to family members in the days after she disappeared, claiming he filed a missing person report when he did not, cops say.

Hokanson was originally charged with second-degree murder last week but was indicted on the first-degree murder charge on Tuesday. He remains at the Columbia County Jail without bond.