Son of famed New York author Paul Auster faces manslaughter and homicide charges four months after his infant daughter died of ‘exposure to fentanyl and heroin’ in his Brooklyn home
- The son of New York author Paul Auster is facing charges five months after his 10-month-old daughter died from a drug overdose
- Daniel Auster, 44, was arrested on Friday night on charges of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide
- Daughter, Ruby, died on November 1 inside a Park Slope, Brooklyn home
- Officers arrived on scene they found an ‘unconscious and unresponsive’ infant
- The infant was transported to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead.
- Medical examiner’s office concluded Ruby died of ‘acute intoxication by the combined effects of fentanyl and heroin’
- It has not been explained how Ruby was exposed to the drugs
The son of New York author Paul Auster has been arrested on charges of manslaughter after his 10-month-old baby girl died from a drug overdose last November.
Daniel Auster’s daughter, Ruby, was found lifeless in his Park Slope home.
The infant was taken to Methodist Hospital but there was nothing that could be done to save her life.
An autopsy found the child had died from a fentanyl and heroin overdose.
Police have so far been unable to say how the little girl was exposed to drugs while in the care of her 44-year-old father, but Auster was charged with manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide on Friday night.
He it currently awaiting arraignment in Brooklyn Criminal Court.
Auster’s Instagram page is full of pictures of his daughter and her mother.
In many of the photos he can be seen posing with his little girl, or cuddling her.
Daniel Auster, 44, was arrested on Friday night on charges of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide
Auster’s Instagram page is full of pictures of his daughter and her mother
Daniel Auster’s daughter, Ruby, was found lifeless in his Park Slope home
In many of the photos, Auster can be seen posing with his little girl, or cuddling her
It is not the first time Daniel Auster has had a brush with the law.
In 1998, he was given five years probation after pleading guilty to stealing $3,000 from the body of Andre ‘Angel’ Melendez, who was killed by ‘Club Kid Killer’ Michael Alig in 1996.
He also has a string of other arrests including several drug possession in 2008 and 2010.
In 2009 he was charged with petit larceny and possession of stolen property.
Daniel’s father, Paul Auster, is probably America’s best-known postmodern novelist known for The New York Trilogy, The Book of Illusions and Moon Palace.
Paul Auster, pictured, is probably America’s best-known postmodern novelist known for The New York Trilogy, The Book of Illusions and Moon Palace
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