Case DIH-0017
April Adams
A group was at her home; she offered methamphetamine; her daughter fetched what Adams kept as 'cocaine' from Adams' room and shared it — it was fentanyl. Four people overdosed, one died. Trial testimony says Adams waited about 45 minutes and called a friend rather than 911.
- Court
- Federal, Eastern District of Arkansas
- State
- Arkansas
- Year of death
- 2023
- Year sentenced
- 2026
- Drugs
- Fentanyl
- Conduct
- Share
- Relationship
- Social setting (host)
- Conviction
- Conspiracy to distribute fentanyl resulting in death; distribution of methamphetamine
- Plea or trial
- Trial
- Sentence
- 240 months imprisonment
- Found through
- Federal DOJ release survey 2020–2026
This was a federal prosecution. For what Arkansas’s own law says about deaths caused by supplying drugs, see Arkansas in the state law guide.
Sources
- justice.govHensley mother sentenced 20 years federal prison after being convicted conspiracy
- justice.govJury convicts hensley mother and daughter conspiracy distribute fentanyl caused death
- katv.comHensley mother gets 20 years in fentanyl death conspiracy officials say she delayed help
Sources checked 5 October 2026. If something here is wrong or out of date, please tell us.