WASHINGTON — A 28-year-old D.C. mother plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the death of her 3-year-old daughter on Tuesday. Investigators say her daughter died of fentanyl intoxication back in 2022.
Sasha McCoy has been in custody since her arrest on February 15. If a judge agrees with her guilty plea, McCoy will be sentenced to serve between 4 and 10 years in prison, and after she finishes her prison term, she will be monitored for five years under supervised release.
According to detectives, at 1 p.m. on October 28, 2022, McCoy took her two children to the back bedroom of the location she was staying for a nap and placed them in the bed. When she went to check on her children, she found her 3-year-old daughter unconscious and unresponsive. Her daughter later died at an area hospital. A small plastic bag that held two round pills with an "M" and half of an oval pill were found on top of the bed that the children were sleeping in.
A drug analysis determined that the partial tablet was Alprazolam (which is Xanax). The oval pills were determined to contain 4-ANPP, Acetaminophen, Fentanyl, Flurofentanyl, as well as other substances.
Medical examiners determined the child died from fentanyl and flurofentanyl intoxication.
Witnesses say McCoy, who has a history of drug abuse, was seen holding her unconscious daughter before rushing her to the hospital, where the child was pronounced dead. Investigators found evidence of drug use in the home, and McCoy admitted to using drugs regularly. This is not the first time Child and Family Services had investigated McCoy for substance abuse issues.
