Trial begins for former nurse accused of being on meth while caring for young patient

BERRIEN COUNTY, Mich. - The trial has begun for a former South Haven nurse accused of being high on methamphetamine while caring for a three-year-old patient in Coloma.

During the shift, the patient's parents discovered 42-year-old Judith Sobol incoherent and their child unresponsive and with her trachea tube disconnected, reports said.

The child later died.

Sobol is on trial for second degree murder.

She allegedly admitted to injecting meth on the day she went to work.

During Tuesday's session, a jury selection and opening arguments were held.

The trial will continue this week.