'Mom and Dad’s dead': Boy, 5, walks to save overdosed parents

A five-year-old boy in the US walked two blocks to alert his grandfather to his overdosed parents, saving them and securing help for his three-month-old sister.

Aidan, 5, walked barefoot at 5am last Thursday to raise the alarm, according to the Middletown (Ohio) Division of Police.

“He walked in the door, and mom and dad weren’t coming behind him,” Kenny Currey, the child’s grandfather, told FOX 8.

“All of a sudden, he starts saying, ‘Mom and Dad’s dead, Mom and Dad’s dead!’”

Two officers showed up and went to the boy’s house in Ohio where they discovered his parents, Lee Johnson and Chelsie Marshall, overdosed on heroin.

Paramedics were able to revive both parents, according to police. The boy’s three-month-old sister was sitting in a car seat in the home.

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The parents have been charged with child endangering, while the police department gave Aidan “a badge for being so brave.”

Marshall pleaded guilty to two counts of misdemeanor child endangering Friday, according to the Journal-News. She was sentenced to 180 days in jail. Johnson faces a $50,000 bond and faces two counts of child endangering and one count disorderly conduct.

“He’s such a smart boy,” Currey told Fox 8 about Aidan. Currey is Marshall’s stepfather.

In Butler County, which includes Middletown, there were 192 overdose deaths and officials expect to handle more than 500 total heroin cases this year, according to the Journal-News.

“This 5 year old child, a hero, saved 3 lives today. How can something so awesome be so sad all at the same time?” the police division wrote on its Facebook page.

“... We are sick and tired of some people not caring about their kids enough to allow this to happen.”

The local police department urged addicted parents to seek help "before it's too late".

"Not only to save yourself, but to save your kids. Give these kids a chance by getting help. If you or someone you love has a drug problem, please seek help right now," they wrote on Facebook.