Bodycam video shows toddler (Ariel) at Brookmeade homeless camp months before she died from fentanyl.
The autopsy report shows Ariel died from fentanyl toxicity back in November 2022 after a babysitter found Ariel unresponsive at a housing site in North Nashville. The examiner found Ariel had more than twelve times the lowest reported lethal dose of fentanyl in her system.
Metro Police is investigating Ariel’s death as a criminally negligent homicide case.
The body camera footage shows a Metro officer frustrated when he sees Ariel at Brookmeade Park.
“Jonathan, that kid is not supposed to be here. Why are you even here with that kid here anyway?” asks the officer.
At the time, Brookmeade Park was one of the biggest homeless encampments in Nashville, known for drugs, crime, and fires.
“So, you know I’m gonna tell DCS that kid’s here, right? I mean, there are a lot of things you could do that would be better than this,” says the officer.
Back in November, FOX 17 News spoke with Mickey and Michael Rose, Ariel’s grandfather and uncle, who said they saw Ariel and her father, Jonathan, living at Brookmeade.
“It was traumatic. No child should live in those conditions,” says Michael.
Michael and Mickey’s attorneys declined our request for an interview on this footage.
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