Unique picture of Daniel Auster arriving at Methodist Hospital in Park Slope, Brooklyn for therapy.
Paul Martinka
Daniel Auster, the Brooklyn father arrested for manslaughter within the drug-related demise of his child daughter in Park Slope, was moved in cuffs from the Brooklyn Felony Court docket late Saturday to Methodist Hospital in Park Slope for therapy.
Auster, 44, the son of award-winning novelist Paul Auster, had been scheduled to be arraigned within the case in night time courtroom earlier than he was abruptly taken to the hospital.
Images by The Publish present the accused carrying a grey shirt, blue denims and a masks as he's escorted by NYPD officers into the again of an ambulance.
It’s not clear what he was receiving therapy for. He's now anticipated to be arraigned Sunday.
Auster had been caring for his 10-month-old daughter Ruby on the afternoon of Nov. 1 when paramedics responded to a 911 name from his Brooklyn residence and located the toddler unconscious and unresponsive.
She was rushed to Methodist hospital the place she was pronounced lifeless.
An post-mortem concluded that Ruby died of an overdose of fentanyl and heroin, authorities stated.
It’s not clear how Ruby ingested the medicine, a police spokesman stated Saturday.
Auster was arrested Friday night time and charged with manslaughter and criminally negligent murder, police stated.
Over 20 years in the past, Auster pleaded responsible to stealing $3,000 from drug seller Andre “Angel” Melendez — who was infamously killed by his roommate, New York social gathering promoter “Membership Child Killer” Michael Alig, in 1996.
His father, Paul Auster, has gained quite a few worldwide awards for his books, which embrace titles comparable to The New York Trilogy,” “The Guide of Illusions,” and “Moon Palace.” His mom is creator and translator Lydia Davis. Davis and Auster divorced in 1978.
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