A famed author’s son claims his baby daughter died of a fentanyl overdose after he took heroin then went to take a nap while his wife worked, a court heard.
When Daniel Auster, 44, woke up, on November 1, the infant, Ruby, was ‘blue, lifeless and unresponsive,’ he told cops, according to his criminal complaint.
The vivid account allegedly given to the NYPD by Auster was shared by Assistant District Attorney Tien Tran said at his arraignment hearing on manslaughter charges.
The infant’s mother, Zuzan Smith, told police that the child was awake and alert when she left her in Daniel Auster’s care and went to work
The prosecutor said that the girl had enough drugs in her system to ‘render an adult unconscious.’
Video after the criminal court hearing shows a stunned Daniel Auster lead by police to an awaiting ambulance for undisclosed medical treatment Saturday night.
Daniel Auster admitted to doing heroin then falling asleep with his daughter in his care. When he awoke she had ingested enough drugs to ‘render and adult unconscious’ He’s been charged with manslaughter, child endangerment and criminally negligent homicide