Police found Jeffrey Reed Butler, 35, unconscious at his home on Feb. 24 after his mother-in-law called to report a possible carbon monoxide poisoning. He was later declared dead at the Utah Valley Regional Medical Center.

Police ruled out the possibility of carbon monoxide poisoning after obtaining a warrant and searching the Butler home, where they found no indication of the gas but did find heroin, cocaine and needles, attorneys said. The couple's two children were in the house at the time of the incident.

Leslie Butler, 31, pleaded guilty in June to distributing or offering to distribute a controlled substance, a second-degree felony, and to two counts of illegally possessing a controlled substance, a class A misdemeanor.

The felony charge will be reduced to another class A misdemeanor if Butler successfully completes probation, attorney Jonathan Cavender said.

Judge Steven Hansen delayed sentencing two weeks to make sure a letter signed by most of Jeff Butler's family was taken into consideration by Adult Probation and Parole reviewers, who make sentencing recommendations.

The letter requested that Leslie Butler spend at least six months and preferably a year in jail, Cavender said.

Judge Hansen told family members prior to sentencing that he understood their feelings and that their input was carefully considered.

Along with the 30 days in jail and 180 days of GPS-monitored probation, Butler was ordered to comply with any treatment recommended by probation officers and to avoid alcohol.

Cavender said Butler has made "remarkable strides" and hopes to eventually regain guardianship of her son and daughter, who were ages 2 and 5 at the time of their father's death.