NEWNow you can listen to Fox News articles!
A Connecticut man is accused of sexually abusing his 12-year-old stepdaughter, who was found dead in her home with a fatal dose of diphenhydramine — the active ingredient in Benadryl — in her system, according to authorities.
Anthony Federline, 39, was charged in April with first-degree sexual assault and risk of injury to a minor after the death of Eve Rogers, according to the Enfield Police Department.
Authorities are now looking to search Federline's Facebook and Snapchat accounts, the family's CVS Caremark account and two Amazon accounts as part of the investigation into the girl's death, court documents said, according to WFLA.
Rogers was found dead in his home on March 18. According to court documents, his mother found him lying on the floor naked, with a blanket covering his bottom. Blood and other fluids were dripping from his nose, the documents said.
NORTH CAROLINA COLD CASE CONTINUES WITH UNCLAIMED MOTHER ACCUSED OF MURDER OF MISDESIGNED TEEN
Eve Rogers was found dead in her home on March 18. (Browne Memorial Funeral Homes and Cremation Services)
A sexual assault kit was made on the girl before her autopsy, and Federline is determined to be one of the “contributors to the DNA swab,” the arrest warrant said, according to WFLA. No charges have been filed in the girl's death.
The medical examiner told police that a toxicology test showed a lethal dose of diphenhydramine in the girl's system. Fluoxetine, also known as Prozac, was also found in his system even though it was not prescribed, search warrants said, the outlet reported.
The report showed a diphenhydramine level of 23,000 ng/ml in Rogers' blood, WFLA reported. Lethal concentrations were recorded at 4,390 ng/ml for children and 14,720 ng/ml for adults, according to the report. The medical examiner said Rogers would have had to consume about 1.8 liters of liquid diphenhydramine to reach the level found in his blood.
Anthony Federline, 39, was charged in April with sexual assault and risk of injury to a child. He denies the charge. (Enfield Police Department)
Investigators say it is unclear how he ingested the large dose found in his system.
Rogers' mother told detectives she used her Amazon account to buy medication, Sleep Aid pills and a “sex machine” for her 12-year-old daughter, the outlet reported. However, investigators say no dye was found in the girl's system to indicate that she had taken Sleep Aid pills, despite the fact that high levels of diphenhydramine were found in her blood.
Her mother also said she found inappropriate conversations between her daughter and unknown people on the Internet, but the police did not find these conversations during their search.
TEACHER ALLEGED TO HAVE SEX WITH STUDENTS ALLEGED TO BE ARRESTED FOR GETTING BETTER GRADES: CERTIFICATES
The medical examiner told police that a toxicology test showed a lethal dose of diphenhydramine in the girl's system. (FOX61)
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS PROGRAM
Federline told detectives that he used applications such as Facebook and Snapchat to communicate with his stepdaughter, but said the conversations were not sexual.
New search warrants show investigators are investigating Federline's online activity in the months leading up to the girl's death.
Federline has pleaded not guilty to charges of sexual assault and risk of injury in lesser charges. He will appear in court again later this month.
