The Montgomery County Coroner’s office confirms that a 13-month-old girl from Dayton died in May from an overdose of fentanyl and carfentanil, powerful opioids.
Mari’onna Allen died on May 3, but the crime lab had been waiting on toxicology reports to confirm the cause of her death.
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Those tests confirmed the baby died of acute intoxication by fentanyl and carfentanil.
According to a Dayton police child death investigation report obtained by this news organization, the baby’s grandmother, Trina Miller, was babysitting the child for the night, and was acting normal at the time she was dropped off, and had not been ill.
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The next morning, according to the report, Miller woke up to find the child not breathing and called the baby’s mother and 9-1-1. Miller told police the child slept with her in the bed. Another male, a friend, was also in the home.
Three days after the death of the child, on May 6, the child's grandmother was found deceased inside a Riverside hotel. The coroner's office confirms they are awaiting toxicology results on Trina Miller's cause of death.
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