GASTONIA, N.C. — The father of a toddler who died from fentanyl poisoning pleaded guilty in a Gastonia court today.
Evan Linville’s daughter had 10 times the lethal level of fentanyl in her body when she died at their Gastonia apartment last year.
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Police said Linville and his wife put the child’s body in a plastic tub to clean up the scene before calling paramedics.
He was sentenced to a minimum of 18 years in prison.
His wife, Tina Jones, pleaded guilty almost two weeks ago and got a similar sentence.
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