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Connecticut teen found dead at home had a lethal cocktail of antihistamine and antidepressants in her system – ME’s report; Eve Rogers, 12, died shortly after alleged rape by stepfather

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;230505&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Eve Rogers&comma; 12&comma; had a lethal dose of the antihistamine in her system when she died on March 18 at her home in Enfield&comma; Con<strong>necticut <&sol;strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;230505&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>She was was discovered lying on the floor of her bedroom with her face looking up at the ceiling&comma; a blanket covering the lower half of her body&comma; and she had blood dripping from her nose <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;230505&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Eve the ME ruled&comma; died of a Benadryl overdose after she was allegedly sexually assaulted by her stepfather&comma; according to investigators <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;230505&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>The report said she died from acute Benadryl intoxication&comma; but she also had Prozac and Wellbutrin&comma; both antidepressant medications&comma; in her system <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;230505&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Her stepfather&comma; Anthony Federline&comma; has since been charged with first-degree sexual assault and risk of injury to a minor after her death in April&comma; but has not been charged with murder<&sol;strong> <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;230505&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>A sexual assault kit performed on Eve Rogers<&sol;strong> <strong>b<strong>efore her autopsy<&sol;strong>&comma; determined that her 39-year-old stepdad was one of the &&num;8216&semi;contributors&&num;8217&semi; from a DNA swab&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2026&sol;10&sol;Eve-Rogers-1&period;png" alt&equals;"A young girl with long hair and glasses sits comfortably&comma; smiling and giving a peace sign with one hand&period;" class&equals;"wp-image-503538" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Eve Elizabeth Rogers&comma; 12&comma; was found dead on the floor of her bedroom in Enfield&comma; Connecticut&comma; on March 18&period; The autopsy determined cause of death was an overdose on Benadryl<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Connecticut pre-teen&comma; Eve Rogers&comma; 12&comma; had a lethal dose of the antihistamine in her system when she died at home in Enfield&comma; about 20 miles outside of Hartford&comma; on March 18&comma; 2026&period;<br>The 12-year-old girl died of a Benadryl overdose after she was allegedly sexually assaulted by her stepfather&comma; investigators said&period;<br>Eve&&num;8217&semi;s manner of death is ruled an overdose with undetermined intent&comma; according to a report by the Connecticut Office of the Chief Medical Examiner &lpar;OCME&rpar;&comma; released on Monday&period; <br>Primary cause of death according to the report was acute Benadryl intoxication&period; Two antidepressants&comma; Prozac and Wellbutrin&comma; were also present in her system&period;<br>The girl was discovered by her mother&comma; lying on the floor of her bedroom with her face looking up at the ceiling&comma; a blanket covering the lower half of her body&comma; with blood dripping from her nose&period;<br>According to the arrest warrant&comma; two pills were found on the floor near the door in Roger’s bedroom&period; There was another pill that appeared to be Aspirin on her desk&period; She had YouTube open on a laptop in her bedroom&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2026&sol;10&sol;Anthony-Federline-1&period;png" alt&equals;"Mugshot of a man with a shaved head and a thick beard&comma; looking directly at the camera&period;" class&equals;"wp-image-503539" style&equals;"width&colon;833px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Eve Roger&&num;8217&semi;s stepfather&comma; Anthony Federline&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; 39&comma; was charged with first-degree sexual assault&period; A sexual assault kit performed on Eve before her autopsy found her stepdad to be one of the &&num;8216&semi;contributors&&num;8217&semi; from a DNA swab<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">At the time&comma; her stepfather Anthony Federline told police that his stepdaughter was diagnosed with the autoimmune nervous system disorder&comma; Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome &lpar;POTS&rpar;&comma; was autistic&comma; and was in the process of being diagnosed with bipolar disorder&comma; according to the arrest warrant&period;&period;<br>Federline&comma; 39&comma; has since been charged with first-degree sexual assault and risk of injury to a minor after her death in April&comma; although he has not been charged with murder &&num;8211&semi; a sexual assault kit that was performed on Eve before her autopsy found Federline to be one of the &&num;8216&semi;contributors&&num;8217&semi; from a DNA swab&comma; the warrant stated&period;<br>On receipt of the outcome of the swab test Enfield police questioned the dead girl&&num;8217&semi;s mother Melanie Federline along with her husband Anthony Federline&period; However&comma; what Melanie Federline knew of the alleged sexual abuse of her daughter remains unclear&period;  <br>Investigators have applied for a warrant to search Anthony&&num;8217&semi;s social media accounts&comma; the family&&num;8217&semi;s CVS Caremark account&comma; and two Amazon accounts in an attempt to gather evidence that could lead to charging him with murder&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2026&sol;10&sol;Eve-Rogers-2&period;png" alt&equals;"A young girl with long brown hair wearing a pink and purple striped dress&comma; standing against a light blue wall&period;" class&equals;"wp-image-503540" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>A sexual assault kit performed on Eve Rogers&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; 12&comma; b<strong>efore her autopsy<&sol;strong>&comma; determined that her 39-year-old stepdad Anthony Federline&comma; was one of the &&num;8216&semi;contributors&&num;8217&semi; from a DNA swab&period; Federline has been charged with sexual assault<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">A laptop recovered which found on the same floor where Eve was located&comma; was open on a YouTube webpage&period; <br>Police believe&comma; it was in use shortly before her death&period; Investigators have indicated that they would search the laptop for any indication of what Eve was doing in the days leading up to her death&period;<br>Federline admitted to police that he and Eve would communicate on Facebook and Snapchat&comma; while maintaining their correspondence was not sexual&period;<br>Eve&&num;8217&semi;s mother Melanie married Anthony Federline on September 22&comma; 2018&period; The couple had a child a year later&period; That child was taken into the custody of the Connecticut Department of Children and Families days after Anthony was charged in Eve&&num;8217&semi;s case&period; <br>In July&comma; just months after her daughter died&comma; Melanie filed for divorce from Anthony&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2026&sol;10&sol;Melanie-Federline-and-Anthony-Federline-1&period;png" alt&equals;"A close-up selfie of a woman with pink hair and blue eyes alongside a man with a beard and shaved head&comma; both looking at the camera&period;" class&equals;"wp-image-503541" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><br><strong>In July&comma; four months after her daughter&&num;8217&semi;s death&comma; Melanie Federline&comma; &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma;&comma; filed to end her three year marriage to Anthony Federline &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; who has been charged with sexually assaulting the minor preceding her death<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">In the dissolution of marriage complaint was filing Melanie is also seeking sole custody of the child she had in the marriage&period;<br>Melanie also requested that the child live with her full-time and that there be a fair division of debts&comma; child support and property between the estranged couple&period;<br>According to documents&comma; two other children lived in the home at the time of her death&period; <br>Enfield Police Chief Alaric said&colon; &&num;8216&semi;We continue to work to determine the manner of death&period; The case remains active and ongoing&period;&&num;8217&semi; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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