FERNDALE, 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 two 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.

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

Craig pled guilty on Thursday, Aug. 1, to two counts of possessing a controlled substance. His girlfriend, Melissa Welch, pled guilty to manslaughter last month and will be sentenced on Aug. 15.

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