The daddy of a 22-month-old Brighton woman who died after ingesting 10 instances the deadly dose of fentanyl was discovered responsible of kid abuse leading to dying, racketeering and different expenses by an Adams County jury on Monday.
Alonzo Ray Montoya, 33, was discovered responsible on all expenses, together with youngster abuse leading to dying, two counts of kid abuse by figuring out publicity to managed substance manufacturing and youngster abuse leading to no damage.
He was additionally discovered responsible of a sample of racketeering and conspiracy to commit a sample of racketeering below the Colorado Organized Crime Management Act.
His daughter, Aviyana Ramone Montoya, was discovered unresponsive in her crib the afternoon of Jan. 2, 2022, practically 14 hours after she was positioned there by her dad and mom.
Alonzo Ray Montoya was accused of operating a drug-dealing operation out of the house, with dwelling surveillance video exhibiting medication being bought and used earlier than, throughout and after Aviyana’s dying, in accordance with the seventeenth Judicial District Legal professional’s Workplace.
Aviyana’s mom, Nicole Danielle Casias, faces the identical expenses and is ready for a jury trial on March 11.
Surveillance movies from the house confirmed Aviyana enjoying on the mattress in the main bedroom the place individuals have been utilizing medication, in accordance with the district legal professional’s workplace.
She was teething and was seen putting gadgets in and round her mouth, and after she was positioned in her crib round midnight, cried and struggled to breathe earlier than her dying, in accordance with the district legal professional’s workplace.
Nobody checked on her for 14 hours till she was discovered unresponsive and never respiration on the afternoon of Jan. 2. After paramedics arrived and tried to resuscitate her, she was pronounced useless.
The coroner decided Aviyana had 10 instances the quantity of fentanyl in her system wanted to kill “an illiberal grownup consumer,” in accordance with the district legal professional’s workplace. She additionally had extended publicity to amphetamines and different narcotics.
In a press release, District Legal professional Brian Mason known as it “one of the vital outrageous circumstances” he’s ever seen.
“My coronary heart breaks for this little woman, who actually by no means had an opportunity,” Mason mentioned. “…I thank the jury for sitting by means of the troublesome info on this case and delivering a simply verdict on behalf of Aviyana.”
Alonzo Ray Montoya is ready to be sentenced on April 4.
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