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Stepdad’s social media eyed after girl’s lethal Benadryl ingredient death

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A Connecticut man is accused of sexually assaulting his 12-year-old stepdaughter, who was found dead in her home, with a lethal dose of diphenhydramine, the active ingredient in Benadryl, in her system, according to authorities.

Anthony Federline, 39, was charged with first-degree sexual assault and risk of injury to a minor after the death of Eve Rogers in April, according to the Enfield Police Department.

According to WFLA, court documents show authorities plan 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.

Rogers was found dead in his home on March 18. His mother found him partially naked on his bedroom floor, with a blanket covering his lower body, according to court documents. The documents stated that blood and other fluids were flowing from his nose.

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Eve Rogers was found dead in her home on March 18. (Browne Memorial Funeral Chapels and Cremation Services)

The girl was administered a sexual assault kit before an autopsy, and Federline was identified as one of the “contributors from a DNA swab,” according to the arrest warrant, according to WFLA. No charges have been filed in the girl’s death.

The coroner told police that toxicology tests showed the girl had a lethal dose of diphenhydramine in her system. Fluoxetine, also known as Prozac, was also found in his system, although it was not prescribed to him, search warrants state.

The report showed Rogers’ blood level of diphenhydramine was 23,000 ng/ml, WFLA reported. According to the report, lethal concentrations are listed as 4,390 ng/ml for children and 14,720 ng/ml for adults. The coroner said Rogers needed to take about 1.8 liters of liquid diphenhydramine to reach the level found in his blood.

Anthony Federline, 39, was charged in April with first-degree sexual assault and risk of injury to a minor. He did not admit his guilt. (Enfield Police Department)

Investigators said it was unclear how he got the high dose found in his system.

Rogers’ mother told detectives that she used her Amazon account to purchase medication, Sleep Aid capsules and a “sexual pleasure device” for her 12-year-old daughter. However, investigators said that although high levels of diphenhydramine were detected in her blood, there was no dye in the girl’s body indicating that she had taken Sleep Aid capsules.

Her mother also said that she found inappropriate conversations on the internet between her daughter and people she did not know, but the police did not find these conversations in their searches.

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