MOUNT WASHINGTON, Ky. — A man is in jail Thursday after his 1-year-old daughter died from fentanyl.
Mount Washington Police Department said they found 1-year-old Kamrynn Vanmeter unresponsive and "cold to the touch" at a home on the 200 block of Beechwood Lane on April 6, just days after her first birthday.
"I got the phone call at 8:15 in the morning telling me that my baby wasn't breathing. Once I arrived at the hospital, I then learned she was already gone," Katelin Carrico, Kamrynn's mother, said.
Carrico says Kameynn was staying at her fathers house at the time. She says he struggled with drug addiction.
"He told me he was clean," she said. "He promised that he would never put my baby in harms. No father should, and I don't even consider him a father. "
Christopher VanMeter was arrested Wednesday and is being held at Louisville Metro Corrections.
Police said during the investigation, they found multiple suspected narcotics -- which tested positive for fentanyl and methamphetamine.
VanMeter was charged with manslaughter, two counts of wanton endangerment, and trafficking in a controlled substance (fentanyl), and trafficking in a controlled substance (methamphetamine).
Carrico prays he gets more than 10 years behind bars, but even then Kamrynn's loved ones says no amount of time will be enough.
"You took a baby. You took my baby. You took her life. I just don't feel like you can take a baby's life and then you get out and live yours," Carrico said.
VanMeter's bond is set at $500,000 full cash.
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