Roy woman charged after 10-month-old baby hospitalized for ingesting narcotics, documents say

LAYTON, Utah (ABC4) — A Roy woman has been charged after her 10-month-old baby was hospitalized for ingesting narcotics. The woman had allegedly hosted a party where she and others took narcotics the night before.

Amber Belinda Butler, 31, has been charged with endangerment of a child resulting in serious bodily injury, a second-degree felony.

According to court documents, on July 20, 2025, an officer with the Layton Police Department was dispatched to a hospital in Layton on a report of child abuse. When he arrived, a doctor at the hospital explained that Butler and her husband had brought in their 10-month-old child for “seizure-like symptoms.”

The Layton Police officer read Butler her Miranda Rights and asked her about what happened. Butler allegedly explained that she and her husband had just gotten married, and the two were hosting a wedding party at their home in Roy the night before.

During the party, the 10-month-old child stayed at Butler’s mother’s house while they celebrated. Documents say that Butler told police that there were drugs at the party, and she had ingested pill capsules with “Molly, commonly known as MDMA or Ecstasy,” while outside, and then left to go to bars.

Butler’s husband told police that she had actually taken the drug while in the kitchen, and other individuals were also doing narcotics and other controlled substances in there. Butler told the police officer that she wasn’t sure if any of it got onto the floor. Her husband said that they had wiped off the counters when they got home from celebrating, and that possibly knocked substances onto the floor.

According to court documents, both Butler and her husband stated that Butler’s mother returned the baby the next day, around 1 p.m. Butler’s husband reported that the 10-month-old’s behavior was normal until he left her on the living room floor while he took a smoke break outside.

While he was outside, Butler brought the 10-month-old to him, and he said the baby was shaking and crying. At that point, Butler contacted a family member for a ride and took the baby to the emergency room.

A urine test performed on the 10-month-old revealed that there was cocaine, amphetamine, and MDMA in her system. The Layton Police officer took Butler into custody, as she had endangered her child by ingesting narcotics in an area where her child “spends time and would have access to items on the floor.”

Butler was booked into the Davis County Jail, but was released with conditions.