CARROLL COUNTY, Ga. — A Carroll County man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for giving his 8-month-old daughter a lethal dose of Benadryl.
Darius Lara, 25, admitted to opening a capsule of liquid Benadryl and pouring into his daughter's mouth to stop her from crying.
The baby, Natalia Esmerelda Jane Ro Laura died in December 2015 at Tanner Medical Center. A toxicology report released in 2017 revealed that Natalia died of a lethal dose of Diphenhydramine, a sleeping agent found in Benadryl.
Lara was arrested in 2017 and entered a plea deal last week.
“The prison sentence received will never bring Baby Natalia back, but it will serve as justice to a very sad and tragic case of a little girl who will never get to grow up,” Carroll County Sheriff Terry Langley said.