Case DIH-0243
Treveris Montel Coward
The day before her death, the 22-year-old woman overdosed on fentanyl from Coward's girlfriend; Coward was called and helped revive her. The next day, Coward and his girlfriend provided more fentanyl, sourced by a co-defendant, after she withdrew cash from an ATM. She died. Originally charged in state court with second-degree murder in 2019.
- Court
- Federal, Eastern District of North Carolina
- State
- North Carolina
- Year of death
- 2017
- Year sentenced
- 2024
- Drugs
- Fentanyl
- Conduct
- Intermediary
- Relationship
- Acquaintance
- Conviction
- Aiding and abetting distribution fentanyl
- Plea or trial
- Plea, October 4, 2022
- Sentence
- 180 months imprisonment
- Found through
- Federal DOJ release survey 2020–2026
This was a federal prosecution. For what North Carolina’s own law says about deaths caused by supplying drugs, see North Carolina in the state law guide.
Sources
- justice.govFentanyl trafficker sentenced 15 years overdose death
- justice.govGarner man sentenced 16 and half years federal prison trafficking fentanyl resulting
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