Toddle dies after eating parent’s heroin

Police have arrested two parents after their one-year-old baby girl daughter died from ingesting enough heroin to kill an adult. Casey Cormani, 31, and his wife Cassandra Richards, 32, both of Provo, Utah, were taken into custody this week after a toxicology report concluded their daughter Penny died from a heroin overdose, said police officer Nisha King.
King did not have any further details on how the child came to ingest the highly dangerous and addictive drug. They were charged with child endangerment, which carries a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison, and possession of drug paraphernalia, according to Provo police.
Since the baby's death on December 2, police had been reviewing the evidence and interviewing witnesses until they felt ready to make the arrests, King added. Richards and Cormani are being held in the Utah County Jail on $25,000 bond each, according to Utah County Sheriff, Sergeant Spencer Cannon. They have not yet been formally charged.

Casey Cormani, 31, and his wife Cassandra Richards, 32

Richards reported finding her daughter unresponsive after putting her down for a nap, according to police reports. She called 911 and paramedics took the child to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead. King did not know if the couple had any other children.
Police found 'burnt foil with residue and straws with burnt ends and residue' - often signs that heroin has been smoked - at a house where the girl's parents were staying. They denied it was theirs.
The couple and Penny were staying at an apartment belonging to David and Sina Belgard who both have a long history of criminal activity involving drugs, KUTV reported.
Cormani, who has several drug convictions himself, was arrested and charged with heroin possession in a separate case just two days after his daughter died.
The Utah County Attorney's Office did not return a message Wednesday seeking further details. Attorneys who represented the parents in past drug-related cases did not return messages seeking comment. It was unclear whether the couple have hired new lawyers.