Stepdad's assault charge after 12-year-old found dead in her room a surprise to her mom: Report

The stepfather of a 12-year-old miss who was found dead successful her Connecticut location was charged with sexually assaulting her.

Eve Rogers, 12, was recovered unresponsive by her mother, Melanie Federline, connected the greeting of March 18 erstwhile she tried to aftermath her girl up. According to the Enfield Police Department, exigency unit responded to the location astatine 10:25 a.m. and declared Eve dead astatine the scene. A hunt warrant was executed connected the home, and investigators collected DNA from everyone who lived successful the house.

While a origin of decease has inactive not been announced, constabulary said successful a property merchandise connected Friday that Eve's stepfather, 39-year-old Anthony Federline, was arrested for intersexual battle and hazard of wounded to a child.

According to an apprehension warrant obtained by section NBC affiliate WVIT, Eve was found look down connected the level of her bedroom, her little assemblage covered by a blanket. Blood and fluids were coming retired of her nose, constabulary said, and rigor mortis had already begun to acceptable in.

Melanie Federline told constabulary that she knocked connected Eve's doorway to aftermath her up, but she did not get a response. She opened the locked doorway with a food knife. When she recovered Eve look down, she turned her implicit and called Anthony Federline for help.

According to the warrant, Melanie Federline told constabulary that Eve had autism and POTS, a information that causes an accrued heartbeat erstwhile idiosyncratic stands up aft lying down.

Police said 2 pills were recovered successful the room, 1 of which was aspirin. According to the warrant, grounds recovered connected Eve's assemblage led constabulary to behaviour a intersexual battle exam and cod DNA from everyone surviving successful the household. Melanie Federline, Anthony Federline, and Eve's 3 siblings each complied with constabulary and provided their DNA.

According to the warrant, Anthony Federline consented to providing a DNA sample, but allegedly told investigators that it felt similar the trial was putting "salt successful the wound."

Investigators aboriginal determined that Anthony Federline's DNA matched the illustration taken from Eve's body. Police charged him with intersexual battle and hazard of wounded to a kid and arrested him connected April 2. He is presently being held successful custody connected $1 cardinal surety bond. He has not been charged successful transportation with Eve's death.

Melanie Federline told section quality outlet CTPost.com on Sunday that she was "not alert of immoderate of these allegations, and I'm inactive trying to recognize what's happening. I'm allowing the ineligible process to unfold." She added that she was taking the allegations earnestly and would proceed to cooperate with investigators.

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WVIT reported that Anthony Federline had been employed arsenic a schoolhouse autobus operator for Enfield Public Schools done Smyth Bus Company. The schoolhouse territory superintendent Steven Moccio told WVIT that Anthony Federline had been terminated immediately, and that helium had passed a transgression inheritance cheque erstwhile helium was archetypal hired. Smyth Bus Company besides told WVIT successful a connection that they were cooperating with instrumentality enforcement.

Anthony Federline's adjacent tribunal day was not available.

A GoFundMe leafage was started to screen Eve's ceremonial expenses.