A Spanaway man pleaded guilty and was sentenced Friday in the death of his 2-year-old daughter, who overdosed on fentanyl pills that belonged to him.
Pierce County Superior Court Judge Matthew Thomas sentenced 34-year-old Evan Hodge to 102 months in prison for first-degree manslaughter. This was 24 months longer than what prosecutors recommended.
Hodge told detectives he woke up at around 4:20 a.m. on Sept. 16, 2023, to find his daughter, Nanette Hodge, not breathing. He called the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department two minutes later. When deputies and paramedics arrived at his home, they pronounced the girl dead at the scene…