Emanuel Lawrence has been arrested on the charge of aggravated manslaughter of a child after the death of his daughter Jaidyn.  Police say that Lawrence was “irresponsible” before the accident occured.  Leading up to the death, Lawrence had been smoking marijuana and played his Xbox 360 until around 6 a.m.

The unemployed Lawrence had been watching his daughters while the mother Ines Gonzalez worked a day job and went to school at night.  Lawrence had received a call about 45 mins after he fell asleep.  The call was from Gonzalez and she instructed him to feed Jaidyn.  He did so, but in a sleep like state after his long night of drugs and gaming.  He placed the child back on the queen sized bed and fell back to sleep.

When Lawrence woke up, he had discovered that he had slept on the baby and she had been suffocated to death.  Lawrence tried to cover up the death by moving the baby her crib in “fear of being arrested.” Lawrence is being held on $75,000 bail at Broward’s main Jail.

Our hearts and prayers go out to Ines Gonzalez, but this is why when you’re a parent, you need to prioritize and realize that doing drugs and playing games until 6 am is not the right thing to do.

Sunrise man arrested in daughter’s suffocation death [Miami Herald via All About The Games]