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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8/26/17 - Atlanta, GA - Georgia leaders, including Gov. Nathan Deal, Sandra Deal, members of the King family, and Rep. Calvin Smyre,  were on hand for unveiling of the first statue of Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday at the statehouse grounds, more than three years after Gov. Nathan Deal first announced the project.  During the hour-long ceremony leading to the unveiling of the statue of Martin Luther King Jr. at the state Capitol on Monday, many speakers, including Gov. Nathan Deal, spoke of King's biography. The statue was unveiled on the anniversary of King's famed "I Have Dream" speech. BOB ANDRES  /BANDRES@AJC.COM

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