LYNNWOOD, Wash. - A 17-month-old toddler climbed out of her playpen, took a bottle of methadone out of her grandmother's purse, drank the cherry-flavored syrup and died of a drug overdose.

Snohomish County prosecutors this week charged the grandmother, 54-year-old Robin Gail Reed of Lynnwood, with manslaughter. She's accused of negligence by leaving the methadone in her purse on the kitchen table instead of a lockbox provided for the drug.

Alison Reed died in May and detectives had to wait for toxicology tests before sending the case to prosecutors.

The Everett Herald reports Robin Reed is a recovering heroin addict who takes a methadone prescription. She'll be arraigned Nov. 24 in Everett.