Hamden police have arrested a father in connection with the death of his 11-month-old child in July.
Police said that on July 26, 2017 emergency crews were called to Hamden Health Care at 1270 Sherman Ave. for a report of an unresponsive infant. The child was rushed to Yale-New Haven Hospital for treatment and died several days later.
The medical examiner determined the child’s cause of death was “acute oxycodone intoxication,” and the manner of death as “undetermined, ingested medication prescribed to another.”
According to police, the child's father, 32-year-old Daniel Armfield, drove her and two other children to Hamden Health Care to pick up the child's mother. When Armfield arrived, he realized the child was not breathing.
Police said that when investigators searched Armfield’s car, they found several loose pills in the backseat, which were determined to be oxycodone. Police said officers also found cocaine, marijuana, and methamphetamine in the vehicle.
Armfield was arrested on March 29, 2018. He faces charges of first-degree reckless endangerment, risk of injury to a minor, possession of marijuana, possession of a control substance and motor vehicle charges. He was held on a $75,000 bond and is due in court on April 12.
