Tragedy Strikes: Biological Father Of Eminem’s Adopted Daughter Dies In Suspected Overdose
Aug. 23 2019, Updated 7:43 p.m. ET
Tragedy strikes again.
The biological father of Eminem’s adopted daughter died from a suspected overdose on Thursday, August 22, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned.
Eric Hartter, who had a child, Whitney, with Eminem’s ex-wife, Kim Scott, was found dead by his own mother in an abandoned house in Detroit, Michigan.
“A call was made by a family member who came by to check the location, and found the victim unresponsive with no signs of trauma,” a Detroit Police Department spokesperson confirmed to RadarOnline.com.
“A medic pronounced him DOA on scene.”
The Wayne County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed to RadarOnline.com that Hartter, 40, passed away. His cause and manner of death is “pending," a spokesperson said.
A source close to the family told RadarOnline.com that Hartter struggled for years with drug addiction, and they believed he had recently been abusing heroin.
As RadarOnline.com readers know, Hartter had a long rap sheet.
According to court documents, Hartter was arrested December 27, 2018, when he along with two accomplices allegedly stole about $200 worth of Red Bull from a CVS.
And while in jail ,he was arrested for the second time in 24 hours for felony contraband involving Fentanyl and methamphetamine, to which he pleaded guilty on March 13.
In July he was sentenced to 153 days in jail and 24 months of probation. But with credit served, Hartter was recently released.
According to court documents, on July 3, Hartter pleaded guilty to being a prisoner possessing contraband as a fourth time habitual offender.
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Hartter’s baby mama, Scott, has also spent time in and out of jail and court-ordered rehab. Her most recent run-in with the law took place in 2015 when she was involved in a DUI crash that almost took her life – and, as reported by RadarOnline.com, she confessed that was the plan. Scott revealed the accident was actually a suicide attempt.
“I sat at the end of a road where I knew that no one else but myself would get hurt,” she explained. “Yes, I drank, I took pills, and I hit the gas and aimed for the pole.”
Her time away from home forced Eminem to raise not only their daughter, Hailie, 23, but her other child with Hartter, Whitney, 17.
The “Slim Shady” rapper also adopted Alaina, 25, the daughter of Kim’s twin sister Dawn Scott, who died of drug overdose in 2016.