A Case of Justice

Can you BELIEVE this!!!! That families have to go through!!! This from the Oklahoma City News Channel 4 JOLEEN CHANEY REPORTING: BUFFALO -- For years the family of an Oklahoma toddler has been searching for answers as to how their child died after they left him with a babysitter. There was enough oxycodone in the one year old boy's body to kill an adult, but how it got there and why no one has been held accountable is one step closer to being solved. "We know the child died of an overdose of a synthetic opiate, something like oxycodone or hydrocodone, but we don't know how it got into the child's system and that's what we're trying to figure out," OSBI spokesperson Jessica Brown said. Garrett Rice's mother is convinced she knows who is responsible for her son's death. "I still believe she knows what happened," Casey Atkins said. NewsChannel Four first told you when this case was re-opened just a few months ago after Garrett died of a drug overdose while in the care of his babysitter Sharon Rowley. Since then we have learned the police chief who was handling the case has hit a road-block. After 6 years of investigations no one has been charged for the young child's death - even though some officials say there is enough evidence to charge Rowley. I do think she is responsible, and I think there's enough evidence there to prosecute her," Former Buffalo Police Chief Jeremy Murrell said. Garrett's parents believe it will take more than evidence to convince prosecutors. "The DA I don't feel like he's taken the case seriously at all," Atkins said. After we last told you about this case, it has gained national attention where for the first time Atkins confronted the babysitter she says killed her child. "That's a lot of anger, hate and aggression toward one person," Atkins said. "I lashed out. I was very angry." On a television talk show Rowley failed a lie detector test and admitted she smoked marijuana in the child's presence, but claims she is innocent. "I wasn't high until after he was asleep," she said. "I did not kill him. I'm not the one." Even though there is evidence she may be the one, it is still an open case Garrett's family says they may never be able to close. "If it saves one baby, and changes one person's mind than I'm happy," Atkins said. "I would love a conviction, but I may never get it." The OSBI has turned over all their evidence to the Harper County District Attorney who declined to comment on this case. Authorities are waiting for the Medical Examiner's office to change Garrett's cause of death from unknown to a homicide.