Case DIH-0484
Richard Leroy Parker
Brought heroin from Chicago to a Dubuque residence on Easter Sunday 2017 and gave some to a woman in a back bedroom; she stopped breathing. He called 911, then hid the rest of the heroin while responders worked on her.
- Court
- Federal, Northern District of Iowa
- State
- Iowa
- Year of death
- 2017
- Year sentenced
- 2018
- Drugs
- Heroin
- Conduct
- Gift
- Relationship
- Other (see detail)
- Conviction
- Distribution of heroin near a school and playground resulting in death; possession with intent to distribute
- Plea or trial
- Trial
- Sentence
- Life imprisonment
- Found through
- Federal DOJ release search 2010–2026
This was a federal prosecution. For what Iowa’s own law says about deaths caused by supplying drugs, see Iowa in the state law guide.
Sources
- justice.govUsing opioids leads three deaths eastern iowa
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