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The girl later tested positive for heroin and fentanyl, the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office said in charging Walter H. Clark, 27, of Cherry Hill in connection with her death.
Cherry Hill police said they found numerous small plastic bags of cocaine and used wax heroin folds around the girl, the outlet reported, citing charging documents.
Clark faces manslaughter charges in the child's death after police found her at a home in the 300 block of Evergreen Ave. on Saturday, July 23, the Prosecutor's Office said.
Cherry Hill police said someone called them to the home just after 7:30 p.m. because the 2-year-old girl had stopped breathing, the prosecutor said. Responders rushed the unconscious toddler to Cooper University Hospital, where she died around 9 p.m., authorities said.
It's unclear if someone gave the girl drugs or if she was left unsupervised around them.
The prosecutor charged Clark with first-degree aggravated manslaughter, second-degree assault, and second-degree endangering a child's welfare, officials said. He was being held at the Camden County Jail.
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