Stepfather's D.N.A. Matched Sample Taken From Deceased 12YO Girl, Charged With Sexual Assault

[Sugar Cookie]

The stepfather of a 12-year-old girl who was found dead in her Connecticut home was charged with sexually assaulting her.

Eve Rogers, 12, was found unresponsive by her mother, Melanie Federline, on the morning of March 18 when she tried to wake her daughter up. According to the Enfield Police Department, emergency personnel responded to the home at 10:25 a.m. and declared Eve dead at the scene. A search warrant was executed on the home, and investigators collected DNA from everyone who lived in the house.

While a cause of death has still not been announced, police said in a press release on Friday that Eve's stepfather, 39-year-old Anthony Federline, was arrested for sexual assault and risk of injury to a child.

According to the warrant, evidence found on Eve's body led police to conduct a sexual assault exam and collect DNA from everyone living in the household. Melanie Federline, Anthony Federline, and Eve's three siblings all complied with police and provided their DNA.

According to the warrant, Anthony Federline consented to providing a DNA sample, but allegedly told investigators that it felt like the test was putting "salt in the wound."

Investigators later determined that Anthony Federline's DNA matched the sample taken from Eve's body. Police charged him with sexual assault and risk of injury to a child and arrested him on April 2. He is currently being held in custody on $1 million surety bond. He has not been charged in connection with Eve's death.

Mom surprised husband charged after 12-year-old found dead in her own bedroom: Report

Melanie Federline told police that she knocked on Eve's door to wake her up, but she did not get a response. She opened the locked door with a butter knife.

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Eve had autism.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

At the time of her death, 12-year-old Eve Rogers of Enfield was living in a filthy bedroom with loose pills on the floor and often was alone for hours with a laptop computer despite a history of "hypersexual" and erratic behavior, according to a warrant for her mother's arrest.

Eve's mother, Melanie Federline, 39, was arraigned Monday in state Superior Court in Hartford on a risk of injury charge.

Federline gave conflicting accounts about when medication was secured in the home, who controlled the drugs and whether diphenhydramine, the drug in the over-the-counter medication Benadryl, was placed in her children's pill organizers, police said. Investigators found that a large number of pills containing the drug, which Federline had purchased in February through Amazon, were unaccounted for, according to the warrant for her arrest.

Eve was found dead in the home on the morning of March 18. She died of acute intoxication from an overdose of diphenhydramine and the antidepressants Prozac and Wellbutrin, according to the state Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. The autopsy could not determine whether the overdose was accidental, intentional or an act of homicide, according to the agency, and the girl's manner of death has been classified as undetermined.

The warrant for Federline's arrest says she was not managing the many prescription and over-the-counter medications in the household, where Federline's husband, Eve and two other children lived at the time. Federline knew that Eve had taken medications not prescribed for her, including a sibling's Adderal, and other pills when she could not sleep, the warrant says.

"Despite these warning signs, officers found loose pills in all three children's rooms, open prescription bottles and medications accessible throughout the residence," the warrant says.

A day after her daughter's death, Melanie Federline said in an interview with Hearst Connecticut Media that the family was waiting for answers on what happened to the girl. Federline described Eve as "healthy and happy and well cared for." She played soccer and loved the animated musical, "K-Pop Demon Hunters," her mother said.

"She had a therapist to help her navigate existing in this world with a neurodivergent brain," Federline said.

However, police said Federline was aware of Eve's "history of self-harm, suicidal thoughts and recent erratic behavior" in the week before her death, the warrant says. Early on March 11, Enfield police responded to a report that the girl was outside alone and had stolen an energy drink from a convenience store near her home.

Federline told police that her daughter was having "a manic episode" at the time, the warrant says, but did not continue to monitor her or take her to a hospital as directed by a therapist, the warrant says.

Enfield police also found Massachusetts Department of Children and Family records from 2017 that said Federline reportedly had given Nyquil to a child whose name was redacted in the warrant "to make her go to sleep," according to the warrant. The person who complained said Federline "did this often and did not consult a pediatrician," the warrant says.

Federline told police that she sometimes gave Eve Benadryl "on tough nights or after a couple of days when the juvenile victim said she can't sleep," the warrant said. But Federline said she could not remember whether she had given the child Bendadryl on the night before she was found dead, according to the warrant.

Federline said she had purchased a bottle of "Sleep Aid" 50 mg pills containing diphenhydramine in February through Amazon, the warrant says. She said she would give Eve one pill and no more, even if the girl said the medication was not effective, the warrant says.

Investigators, however, found that 119 Sleep Aid pills from a bottle containing 250 pills were unaccounted for, according to the warrant.

Also, Federline acknowledged after Eve's death that she had purchased a sex aid for the girl, which police found in Eve's room, the warrant says. Federline described the girl as "hypersexual" and said she helped her pick out a sex aid because "she wanted to keep it honest and open so the juvenile victim would not feel ashamed, but she could also focus her attention on herself," the warrant says.

"Melanie also admitted during an interview that juvenile victim was having 'inappropriate' conversations online, but continued to allow the juvenile victim to be locked in her room for hours and overnight with very limited monitoring," the warrant says.

The girl's stepfather, Anthony Federline, 39, was charged with first-degree sexual assault and risk of injury to a child after an investigation by the medical examiner determined Eve had been sexually assaulted prior to her death. He was being held on a $1 million bond and is to appear in Hartford court Wednesday, according to court records.

"I was not aware of any of these allegations," Melanie Federline said after her husband's arrest, "and I'm still trying to understand what's happening. I'm allowing the legal process to unfold."

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[thuumpr]

Hell, I don't know where to start with this couple...

According to the warrant, Anthony Federline consented to providing a DNA sample, but allegedly told investigators that it felt like the test was putting "salt in the wound."

I'm thinking a cheese grater on his 'wee member' and then the alcohol and salt.

Federline acknowledged after Eve's death that she had purchased a sex aid for the girl, which police found in Eve's room, the warrant says. Federline described the girl as "hypersexual" and said she helped her pick out a sex aid because "she wanted to keep it honest and open so the juvenile victim would not feel ashamed, but she could also focus her attention on herself," the warrant says.

She apparently thought giving a 12yo drugs and a vibrator would make her the cool mom.

But then, what do I know? Ladies, at what age did your moms gift you with sex aids?

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Hell, I don't know where to start with this couple...

According to the warrant, Anthony Federline consented to providing a DNA sample, but allegedly told investigators that it felt like the test was putting "salt in the wound."

I'm thinking a cheese grater on his 'wee member' and then the alcohol and salt.

Federline acknowledged after Eve's death that she had purchased a sex aid for the girl, which police found in Eve's room, the warrant says. Federline described the girl as "hypersexual" and said she helped her pick out a sex aid because "she wanted to keep it honest and open so the juvenile victim would not feel ashamed, but she could also focus her attention on herself," the warrant says.

She apparently thought giving a 12yo drugs and a vibrator would make her the cool mom.

But then, what do I know? Ladies, at what age did your moms gift you with sex aids?

I don't think it was to be cool it was to keep her occupied and subdued in her room. I think the step-father took advantage of the girl being hyper-sexual and thought there would be no traceable D.N.A.

If the girl's hymen was broken they could say it was from using the vibrator.

 

[WifeyFB]

RIP little lady... You deserved so much better than this. May your spirit get some peace now..

 

[WifeyFB]

I don't think it was to be cool it was to keep her occupied and subdued in her room. I think the step-father took advantage of the girl being hyper-sexual and thought there would be no traceable D.N.A.

If the girl's hymen was broken they could say it was from using the vibrator.

She was probably hypersexual as a result of sexual abuse from the stepdad. There's no way he
wasn't abusing her before her death.

 

[BuffettGirl]

Ladies, at what age did your moms gift you with sex aids?

Maybe, and I'm kind of excited here, next September, when I turn 57...

 

[thuumpr]

Maybe, and I'm kind of excited here, next September, when I turn 57...

Birthday present, eh?

Planning on starting a GoFundMe...

 

[BuffettGirl]

Birthday present, eh?

Planning on starting a GoFundMe...

She hasn't thought of it, but I'll suggest it! I just really hope she thinks I'm old enough by then...

 

[thuumpr]

She hasn't thought of it, but I'll suggest it! I just really hope she thinks I'm old enough by then...

Yeah... The mother-daughter bond that binds.