FRESNO, Calif. — A California woman has been charged with murder for allegedly selling fentanyl-laced pills involved in the death of a Fresno resident earlier this year.
Jade Dreith, 41, died of fentanyl poisoning in January, according to the Fresno County District Attorney's Office.
"We've alleged that Cassidy furnished the deadly M30 pills that killed Jade Dreith, and that she had the requisite knowledge that fentanyl was dangerous to human life and provided the pills anyway," Fresno County District Attorney Lisa Smittcamp said during a press briefing Tuesday announcing the charges.
Both Gonzalez and Valverde-Nuno were also charged with counts related to the possession and sale of fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid. Dreith believed she was taking a painkiller that would relieve her chronic back pain and"fell asleep and never woke up," according to her sister.
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