Munhall parents charged after 2-year-old boy dies from fentanyl toxicity
MUNHALL, Pa. (KDKA) - A child died after getting his hands on fentanyl that police said was strewn about his home. Almost two months later, his parents were arrested and charged with his death.
The police report said officers found deplorable conditions inside the home with thousands of heroin baggies, needles and drug paraphernalia all within reach of 2-year-old Robert Craft and his siblings. His parents are now behind bars.
"Oh, I've been waiting. I've been waiting because that baby didn't ask to be here. He was full of life," a neighbor said.
It's a scene the family's next-door neighbor will never forget: the limp body of 2-year-old Robert Craft being carried out of his home and his father's arms.
"It was upsetting," a neighbor said.
Now little Roberts's parents, James Kraft and Paige Hufnagel, are charged with homicide.
Police found the 2-year-old unresponsive in a Munhall apartment on Margaret Street in the early morning hours of May 12. He died just hours later at UPMC Children's Hospital of a fentanyl overdose.
According to police, the home was in deplorable conditions. Thousands of heroin bags were found all over the apartment along with needles and other drug paraphernalia.
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Even more disturbing details emerged from the criminal complaint. The couple's two other children, ages 4 and 7, were also home at the time.
Based on all the drugs found inside the home, toxicology screens were performed on both of those children that morning. The 4-year-old tested positive for fentanyl. Shortly after, the child became "lethargic and incoherent," and was admitted to the hospital but survived.
A neighbor, who spent many thanksgivings and Christmases with the family, is relieved to know someone will be held accountable for Robert's death.
"Justice has been served," she said.
The parents were arraigned and remain in jail.
