Sentenced: 2YO Dies After Father Brought Fentanyl Into The Home, After Becoming Addicted

[Sugar Cookie]

Officials said that on April 27, deputies and fire officials responded to a home in Stockton for reports of a child in cardiac arrest.

The child was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead, the sheriff's office said. Officials added that there were no obvious signs of abuse and the child had no history of medical issues.

A toxicology report on the child found the presence of fentanyl, and investigators found that fentanyl was brought to the home by the child’s father, who had become addicted after being prescribed opiates, officials said.

Deputies found fentanyl-containing substances and paraphernalia during a search of the home, and 28-year-old Dominique Gray was arrested on felony child endangerment and murder after admitting he had knowingly brought fentanyl into the home, authorities said.

Two other adults, 25-year-old Desiree Krigbaum and 20-year-old Nicholaus Niederbrach, both of Valley Springs, were also present during the search and arrested and charged with felony child endangerment, the sheriff's office said.

2-year-old dies from fentanyl poisoning in San Joaquin County; father charged with homicide

Two other adults were also arrested on child endangerment charges

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A Stockton father of a baby who died after being exposed to fentanyl was sentenced to 11 years in prison, the San Joaquin County District Attorney’s Office announced.

Dominique Gray, 31, received the maximum sentence Thursday after being convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the death of his toddler daughter, who ingested a lethal dose of fentanyl on April 27, 2022.

According to investigators, the girl was four days shy of her second birthday when she was brought to the hospital unresponsive after failing to wake up from her afternoon nap. Stockton police detectives determined that Gray left a fentanyl pill within her reach, prosecutors said.

Gray became addicted to opiates after being prescribed them following an injury, according to the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office.

Father of baby who died from fentanyl exposure gets 11 years in prison - Stocktonia News

A Stockton man whose young daughter died after being exposed to fentanyl got the maximum prison term.

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[Sugar Cookie]

Dory

 

[cubby]

She was such a beautiful little girl, I hope he gets his just deserts in prison.

 

[Busy Bee]

Do these people not read the news? Watch TV news !? I see reports of children being poisoned by these drugs often, several times a week! How careless are they that they leave it where a toddler can access it?? I am just astonished that people haven’t gotten the message and continue to leave these drugs where children can get them!