Mother of dead 2-year-old charged with drug distribution

Lovina Rainey, the mother of a 2-year-old girl killed last week, has been jailed on federal drug charges.

Rainey, 28, is suspected of intending to sell methamphetamine and possession of a gun to be used in drug trafficking.

Prosecutors have accused her boyfriend, Jason Obermiller, with killing her 2-year-old daughter Adalynn Hoyt by striking her in the abdomen. Court documents allege the toddler and three young siblings were in Obermiller’s care while Rainey went out drinking.

Detectives found more than 90 grams of meth and more than 44 grams of heroin in a bag that Rainey admitted was hers, according to court documents. Investigators also reported finding an electronic scale, a gun and a drug sales ledger.

Rainey reportedly told investigators that she obtained the drugs in the Tri-Cities and that Obermiller was helping her sell the drugs. The methamphetamine is close to pure pure and likely came from Mexico or Southern California, investigators said in court documents.

After running from arrest, Obermiller was captured Tuesday in an empty Lake Coeur d’Alene summer cabin. He is fighting extradition to Washington to face a murder charge.

Rainey’s three other children are in the care of Child Protective Services.