Father admits Fentanyl 11-month-old daughter’s death was his fault – CBS Pittsburgh

BRIGHTON HEIGHTS (KDKA) – We are learning new details about the drug overdose death of a girl in Brighton Heights.

The baby’s father, Don Coleman, actually told KDKA in October that it was his fault that his daughter died.

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He is now charged with involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment.

It was August 19 when the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office said 11-month-old Mi’Orah Coleman had died of a fentanyl overdose.

Reports say she was found unresponsive at a home on Goe Avenue in Brighton Heights. The girl was taken to UPMC Children’s Hospital and pronounced dead.

The criminal complaint said that while officers investigated that day, they found three bags of purple stamps on the front porch.

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

Police papers said he and the girl were in bed in his bedroom watching TV. He said he and she were the only two people in the room. His wife went out at night.

Police said Coleman was unconscious at one point, waking up to find his daughter breathing amusingly.

Then, when he tried to pick her up, her body went limp. When paramedics arrived, he noticed that a straw he was using to pile up was found near the bed.

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

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