Sentenced: Don Coleman Said That It Was His Fault That His 11MO Daughter Died From Fentanyl

[Sugar Cookie]

An 11-month-old baby girl died after ingesting fentanyl at a home in Brighton Heights and now the girl's father is facing charges.

Don Coleman has been charged with involuntary manslaughter, child endangerment and several other charges.

Coleman spoke with Pittsburgh's Action News 4 reporter Marcie Cipriani last month and said that it was his fault that his daughter died from fentanyl.

"Something I gotta live with for the rest of my life," Coleman said. "I got to make this up to my family. I cry every day about her. She was my world and knowing that I was the cause of it really hurts."

According to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner's office, Mi'Orah Coleman was found unresponsive on Aug. 19.

She was taken to UPMC Children's Hospital where she was pronounced dead, the medical examiner's report said.

Father charged after 11-month-old daughter dies after ingesting fentanyl at Brighton Heights home

An 11-month-old baby girl died after ingesting fentanyl at a home in Brighton Heights.

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It was then on October 28th when Coleman called police and told them he was high the night his daughter died. He said he snorted heroin through a straw.

The police paperwork says he and the girl were on the bed in his bedroom watching TV. He said he and her were the only two in the room. His wife went out for the night.

Police say Coleman passed out at one point, woke up and noticed his daughter breathing funny.

When he later tried to pick her up, her body went limp. When medics arrived, he noticed a straw he was using to get high was found near the bed.

The complaint says after the girl’s death, Coleman put himself into a rehab center. While he was in there he spoke to his wife on the phone and she informed him that their daughter died of a fentanyl overdose.

Coleman also admitted to police he’s at fault for his daughter’s death.

Father Admits Fentanyl Death Of 11-Month-Old Daughter Was His Fault

The father of an 11-month-old admitted that his daughter's death was his fault.

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[Satanica]

If only he had made the decision to get clean BEFORE his daughter died, but, at least, he admitted responsibility instead of trying to make up some stupid story that no one would believe anyway.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

While he still needs to go to prison he will punish himself for the rest of his life.

What he is expressing is true remorse for his actions something that most baby killers and abusers do not.

 

[cubby]

If only he had the ability to foresee what might happen if he passed out from drugs leaving his dirty straw on the bed with his year old daughter. OH wait he did have that ability, he just didn't use it.

Tho I think he did care and wouldn't have deliberately given her the straw to play with, he just cared about getting high just a little bit more than his beautiful daughter.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas
Court Summary
Coleman, Don