but the girl dialed for help after coming home from school with her brother and finding jeannie mckinniss unconscious. the scared girl said that her needle. police suspect that this was a heroin overdose. a burnt spoon was found on a dresser and several doses of narcan were used to revive mckinniss. the kid's father was contacted to take custody of them. mckinniss was taken to the hospital, walked away from it, then recaptured. neighbors across the street saw the panicked girl dialing 911 telling us what happened. it shows the opioid epidemic is spiraling out of control. too many times kids are caught in the middle. >> i think it is pathetic that a child has to come home to find their mother, grandpa, grandmother, it doesn't matter who they are finding because it is bad. grandma and grandpas are even doing this stuff. >> i'm at a loss for words. like i said it's running rampant. and it is always going to be like that. i believe, i mean, how are you going to stop that? it is like cancer. how are you going to stop it? >> reporter: in mansfield bob jones news channel 5. >>> well today new de

several doses of narcan were used to revive the mother identified as 37-year-old jeannie mckinniss. on the 911 call, the girl said that her mom had a warrant and that the 10-year-old was so scared that she tossed the sir ring in the -- syringe in the woods. >> and she said no, please don't take my mommy to jail, please don't take my mommy to jail. >> reporter: mckinniss was taken to the hospital, but the girls were placed in the care of their father. child services is also investigating. to the neighbors the troubling case shows how the possible heroin o.d. affects many more people than those using it. >> i feel for the children just as much as i feel for her. >> reporter: the executive director for richland county children services tell us that unfortunately these kind of incidents are no longer out of the ordinary. but they are grateful that the girl knew to call 911 to save a life. in m >>> while the heroin epidemic continues to run rampant across much of the state of ohio, federal agents believe they have at least slowed it a bit. near cincinnati federal agents say there have be