FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WOWO): The Allen County Coroner’s Office ruled that a toddler’s death last year was due to fentanyl toxicity and was a homicide.
Officials say Savannah Rose Brown, 1 of Fort Wayne, was found unresponsive at about 3 p.m. on Oct. 14, 2021 at her home in the 8300 block of Newfield Drive. Brown was taken to a nearby hospital where she later died.
An autopsy was ordered and completed. Brown’s cause of death was determined to be fentanyl toxicity, and her manner of death was ruled a homicide.
The incident remains under investigation.