BELLINGHAM, WA (MyBellinghamNow.com) – Another person connected to the overdose death of a Ferndale child has been sentenced.

33-year-old Cody Craig was sentenced to 2 and a half years in jail followed by a year of probation.

Craig was present on the day that his girlfriend’s five-year-old daughter was found dead inside a Ferndale home in March 2023.

The child’s death was determined to be from a fentanyl overdose.

Craig pled guilty last Thursday to two counts of possessing a controlled substance.

His girlfriend, Melissa Welch, pled guilty to manslaughter last month and will be sentenced on Thursday, Aug. 15.

The child’s father, Michael Doane, was sentenced last month and is currently serving a four-year prison term.