Daniel Auster is the first son of Paul Benjamin Auster, a well-known American novelist, and film producer. Daniel Auster was an actor best known for his performance in the film Smoke (1955).
Daniel Auster married Dorothy Auster, and the couple had a daughter. Ruby Auster was the daughter of Daniel Auster and Dorothy Ausuter. Ruby, your ten-year-old daughter, died not long ago.
Daniel Auster was at home in Park Slope with his 10-month-old daughter Ruby when 911 was called. Ruby Auster, Daniel Auster’s daughter, was discovered dead in her Park Slope home.
The baby was taken to Methodist Hospital, but she could not be saved. An autopsy revealed that the boy died as a result of an overdose of of fentanyl and heroin.
So far, police have been unable to determine how the girl came into contact with the drugs while in the care of her 44-year-old father, but Auster was charged with involuntary manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide on Friday night. He is currently being held in Brooklyn Criminal Court awaiting his arraignment.
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