ALEXANDREA MOSKAL - 4 yo - (2010) East Cocalico (SW of Reading) PA

When 4-year-old Alexandrea Moskal suddenly died last month, authorities
were mystified.The happy little girl, whose family said she loved
dancing and singing, was in cardiac arrest when an ambulance arrived at
her Denver home on Saturday morning, April 17, East Cocalico Township
police said. She died at Ephrata Community Hospital a few hours later.But
toxicology tests completed this month revealed a chilling result.The
child, known
as Lexie, had "fatally toxic" levels of both methadone, a drug often
used to treat heroin addiction, and an anti-anxiety drug commonly known
as Xanax, police said.Her father, Brian Moskal, 30, had a
prescription for both.

This week, Moskal admitted to police he had
given his daughter both medicines — on two occasions — on the night
before she died.Police charged Moskal Tuesday with criminal
homicide, drug delivery resulting in death, drug delivery and
endangering the welfare of children. He was committed to Lancaster County Prison.On
Wednesday, Moskal was taken from the prison to Lancaster General
Hospital. A nursing supervisor said Wednesday night she had no
information about his condition.Lancaster County District
Attorney Craig Stedman deferred inquiries about Moskal's hospitalization
to the prison, where a supervisor Wednesday night said he could not
comment, citing HIPPA privacy laws.Authorities said Wednesday
they don't know why Moskal gave his daughter the drugs. The
investigation is continuing."Obviously, that's one of the things
we'll take a hard look at," Stedman said."It's clearly
inexcusable, and obviously criminal and a terrible tragedy. We have a
4-year-old child
who, before she had the chance to live her life, is dead because she
was given these dangerous prescription medicines."In the initial
days after her death, Stedman said authorities did not know what had
happened to the child.
There were no signs of physical abuse or trauma on her body when she was taken to the
hospital."There was nothing at the scene, nothing at the time,"
he said. "Why this happened to a 4-year-old didn't make sense. There was
no evidence that there was any trauma externally."County
forensic pathologist Dr. Wayne Ross did an autopsy, and sent several
samples from it for testing.In the meantime, investigators
interviewed people who were at the child's home the day she died. They included
her father and mother, Bonnie Woods, as well as a grandmother, a
stepgrandfather, a grandfather, a great-grandmother and an aunt. All
lived with the child
in a home at 8 S. Cocalico Road, according to Brian Moskal's arrest
warrant affidavit.Twelve days after the child died, police
also interviewed another man, who was a friend of Brian Moskal's,
Stedman said. That friend told police that he talked to Moskal after the
child had
died, and Moskal said he had given his daughter methadone, according to
the affidavit.Moskal later admitted to police he had
prescriptions for both methadone and alprazolam, or Xanax, the affidavit
said.After the toxicology report came back, Moskal admitted what
he had done, his affidavit said. He provided a written statement to
police, saying he had given his daughter one pill of each medication —
at 10 p.m. and then again at midnight on April 16, the night before she
died.

Man Charged In Daughter's Death Dies At Hospital
Brian Moskal, 30, Admitted To Giving Daughter Drugs

POSTED: 7:24 am EDT May 24, 2010
UPDATED: 12:01 pm EDT May 24, 2010




LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. -- A Lancaster County man charged in the death of his daughter has died.

Brian Moskal collapsed in his cell hours after being taken to Lancaster County Prison last week.
The prison warden told News 8 that Moskal was under constant surveillance from the time he arrived at the prison Tuesday night until he collapsed at about 2 a.m. Wednesday.
Moskal admitted to giving his 4-year-old daughter, Alexandrea, an overdose of methadone and Xanax.
She died April 17 at the family's home on South Cocalico Road in Denver.

http://www.wgal.com/news/23654122/detail.html

Brian E. Moskal

Brian E. Moskal, 30, Denver, died May 22, 2010, in Lancaster General Health. Born in Mt. Holly, New Jersey, he was the son of Gary E. and Linda S. (Cantwell) Moskal, Denver. Brian had been a truck driver and loved riding his Harley. Also surviving is his partner, Bonita L. Woods, Denver; sister, Kelly (José) Aleman, Stevens; and nieces, Kirsten, Keighlyn, & Karleigh. He was predeceased by his daughter, Alexandrea E. Moskal. All services will be private with burial in Muddy Creek Cemetery. Good Funeral Home, Reamstown, is serving the family.

http://obits.lancasteronline.com/index.php?p=2519291

Man Accused In Daughter's Death Dies
Kevin Fitzsimmons | Web Producer
Posted: 5:39 pm EDT May 24, 2010


LANCASTER, Pa. -- A Lancaster County man charged with killing his four-year- old daughter is dead after collapsing in jail.

Authorities said Brian Moskal, of Denver, was taken off life support yesterday.

He collapsed in his cell Wednesday after he was charged in the death of his daughter.

Police said Moskal, 30, administered fatal doses of two drugs, methadone and Xanax, to her last month.

Officials said surveillance video shows Moskal collapsing in his cell around 2 a.m. and shows no indication of Moskal harming himself.

http://www.wfmz.com/news/23662013/detail.html

Looks like an Act of God was the cause of the father's death.