PROVO — A Cedar Hills man was sentenced Wednesday to up to five years in prison for the death of his 13-month old daughter who overdosed after eating some of her parents' heroin.

Casey Joseph Cormani, 32, was sentenced to prison for attempted manslaughter, a third-degree felony, after pleading guilty to the charge in April as part of a plea deal.

Cormani and the baby's mother, Cassandra Leydsman Richards, 33, were originally charged with endangerment of a child, a second-degree felony, and possession of drug paraphernalia, a class B misdemeanor.

The couple's daughter, Penny Mae Cormani, died after police say she ate enough heroin to kill an adult.

Cormani and Richards had been staying a short time with another couple in a Provo apartment, 509 W. 1800 North, prior to their daughter's December 2015 death.

Charging documents say both couples were known to use heroin and had been "binging" for several days when Penny died.

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Richards told police that on Dec. 2, 2015, Penny had been playing in the front room of the home while the mother did laundry. She put the girl down for a nap around 11 a.m., Richards told investigators, and found her unresponsive an hour later with blue lips. She was pronounced dead at an area hospital after the mother called 911.

Investigators reported finding drug paraphernalia, such as burnt foil and straws, in plain sight in multiple places around the home, including on the floor, on a coffee table and in a bathroom trash can.

Richards was sentenced in March to up to five years in prison for child abuse homicide, a third-degree felony. She had pleaded guilty to the charge in January as a second-degree felony, but prosecutors agreed to reduce it at sentencing as part of the plea deal, according to court documents.

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