Case DIH-0944
Alysha Michelle Dittmar
A Denver woman who had sold purported heroin to a man in the Cedar Rapids area before; in July 2023 the heroin and fentanyl she provided killed him and his wife, who were found in their bedroom by their children.
- Court
- Federal, Northern District of Iowa
- State
- Iowa
- Year of death
- 2023
- Year sentenced
- 2025
- Drugs
- Heroin; fentanyl
- Conduct
- Commercial sale
- Relationship
- Not reported
- Conviction
- Distribution of a controlled substance 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 Iowa’s own law says about deaths caused by supplying drugs, see Iowa in the state law guide.
Sources
- justice.govWoman who distributed fentanyl resulting two deaths sentenced 20 years federal prison
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