AUSTINTOWN, Ohio - Austintown Police are investigating after a 20-month old baby was found dead in September of 2022 after the Mahoning County Coroner says he had overdosed on Fentanyl.

According to a report from the Mahoning County Coroner's Office, the boy was taken to Akron Children's Hospital after he was found to be unresponsive. The report states that the boy did not have a pulse upon arrival to the hospital.

The coroner's report states that the boy had asthma issues and that he was found in his room unresponsive with purge fluid on the side of his bed. His diaper was saturated with urine.

Investigators spoke to the boy's parents who say his mother picked him up from his father's house and said the boy "fell asleep" on the way home. When she attempted to wake him up for his bath, the mother told investigators the boy was unresponsive and not breathing.

The boy was rushed to the hospital where he was later pronounced dead just before 9:00 p.m.

According to the coroner's report, the cause of death was "acute intoxication by combined effects of acetyl, fentanyl and fentanyl."

21 News has confirmed with detectives that an investigation of this death is currently underway, but police would not give any further information due to this being an active investigation.