Charges filed after Montgomery City 2-year-old found dead from alleged drug overdose
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ)
A Montgomery County man has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child resulting in the death of a child and three drug felonies after a 2-year-old was found dead on Tuesday.
According to online court records, Bryan Danter, 35, of Montgomery City was charged with one count of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child, second-degree drug trafficking and two counts of drug possession.
Court documents state the Montgomery City Police Department asked the Missouri State Highway Patrol's Division of Drug and Crime Control to investigate the death of a toddler.
Troopers say the Montgomery County coroner said the boy was put on the kitchen table by his father, Danter.
Court documents say troopers found a plastic bag with a crystalline substance next to the boy's head along with a white pill container on the kitchen counter. Troopers said a partial red capsule and another red and blue capsule with white residue, later testing positive in a field test for fentanyl and methamphetamine.
Multiple capsules were found in a kitchen trash can, two scales and a plastic bag with more substances were found in a cabinet above the stove, and a red and blue capsule with white powder was found in the living room under the couch, according to court documents.
Troopers said Danter was arrested by the Montgomery City Police Chief at 12:47 a.m. Wednesday and taken to the Sheriff's Office. Court documents state Danter allegedly told troopers the two were playing at a park and came back to the apartment where he noticed the boy more tired than normal and put him in his room for a nap.
According to court documents, Danter allegedly told officials he checked on the boy but he did not wake up. Danter said he gave him Narcan in an attempt to wake him up. When asked why he used Narcan, Danter allegedly told investigators that a person whose name was redacted took a capsule in New Florence last year and Danter took them to the hospital where medical personnel found fentanyl in the person's system.
Troopers said during the interview Danter admitted to knowing meth and fentanyl were inside the home and that he had used both. He also allegedly admitted to using fentanyl after calling 911.
"Bryan Danter said he was not sure if [redacted name] ingested fentanyl, but said it was possible," court documents state.
Danter was scheduled for his initial appearance Thursday at 9 a.m. at the Montgomery County Courthouse.
