EAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio – A young boy seen in the back of a car while his grandmother and her friend sat unconscious from a heroin overdose is in a new home.
The pictures made national headlines after the East Liverpool, Ohio Police Department released them on social media to place a spotlight on the drug addiction problems they face every day.
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NBC News reports the 4-year-old boy will now go to live with his great-aunt and great-uncle in South Carolina.
Rhonda Pasek, 50, the boy's grandmother, remains in jail on charges of endangering a child and public intoxication.
Pasek had reportedly been given custody of the boy just weeks before her and James Acord were arrested after a traffic stop.
An attorney who represents the boy's great-grandparents told NBC News that he is now living in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
The boy's 3-year-old brother reportedly lives with Pasek's sister in Delaware. The sisters were raising the children due to issues with Pasek's son.