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Lethal Dose of Benadryl Found in 12-Year-Old’s System After Her Death, Warrants Show
Toxicology found 23,000 ng/ml of Benadryl in the 12-year-old’s system, and the medical examiner said her cause and manner of death remain pending.
On Tuesday, search warrants revealed that 12-year-old Eve Rogers had a lethal level of Diphenhydramine in her system when she died in March; Enfield Police Department is investigating the death as a possible murder.
Toxicology testing showed 23,000 ng/ml of Diphenhydramine in Eve's system, far exceeding the 4,390 ng/ml lethal threshold for children documented in medical literature.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner found no blue dye in Eve's gastrointestinal tract despite blue gel capsules containing 50 mg diphenhydramine being discovered in the home during a search on April 7.
Anthony Federline, the 39-year-old stepfather, remains held on $1 million bond after being charged with sexual assault in the first-degree and risk of injury to a minor following a DNA match in April.
Investigators are seeking records from Federline's Amazon, Snapchat, and Facebook accounts to determine how Eve accessed the drugs and potentially support a murder charge, with Federline due in Hartford Superior Court at the end of July.