Case DIH-0890
Eeston Thomson
Sold pills containing acetyl fentanyl and fentanyl over Instagram to a man in Lexington in June 2022; the man was found dead the next day, and Thomson told a friend he believed he was responsible.
- Court
- Federal, Eastern District of Kentucky
- State
- Kentucky
- Year of death
- 2022
- Year sentenced
- 2024
- Drugs
- Acetyl fentanyl; fentanyl (counterfeit pill)
- Conduct
- Commercial sale
- Relationship
- Not reported
- Conviction
- Distribution of acetyl fentanyl and fentanyl resulting in death
- Plea or trial
- Plea
- Sentence
- 240 months imprisonment
- Found through
- Federal DOJ release search 2010–2026
This was a federal prosecution. For what Kentucky’s own law says about deaths caused by supplying drugs, see Kentucky in the state law guide.
Sources
- justice.govLexington man sentenced trafficking fentanyl resulting overdose death
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