A 30-year-old Gardendale woman whose newborn died at home from neonatal pneumonia last year was arrested Tuesday by the Ector County Sheriff’s Office amid accusations that she smoked marijuana and used meth during her pregnancy and failed to get prenatal care.

Jessica Rene Vasquez - who is pregnant again, the sheriff’s office reported - was arrested on a single count of injury to a child, a first-degree felony.

Vasquez, 4545 Poppy Drive, was being held Wednesday at the Ector County Detention Center. Her bond had not been set.

The delay in Vasquez’s arrest stems from recent DNA test results which proved both Vasquez and the boy had drugs in their systems, a sheriff’s office news release showed.

Vasquez, a probationer, is expected to appear before a judge today, a jail official said.

Deputies were dispatched April 23, 2015, to 4545 Poppy Drive on a call about the unattended death of a day-old boy. Vasquez admitted to deputies to having smoked marijuana and to not seeking proper care during her pregnancy, the Ector County Sheriff’s Office reported.

Vasquez gave consent to the deputies to search through her home and they found drug paraphernalia and drug residue. Test results from the Department of Public Service showed that the residue tested positive for methamphetamine, the sheriff’s office reported.

A search warrant for blood and hair follicles was done and collected from Vasquez and the child for further analysis by a crime lab, the release detailed.

An autopsy from Tarrant County revealed that the newborn died from neonatal pneumonia and maternal methamphetamine use. The autopsy report also mentioned that the child’s death was tied to the lack of prenatal care and home delivery, the sheriff’s office reported.

The sheriff’s investigation revealed that Vasquez had registered at the Lea Regional Medical Center in Hobbs two days before she gave birth to the boy and “had tested positive for amphetamine and THC,” the sheriff’s office reported.