Case DIH-1116
Derrick Fairley
A known dealer from whom a 34-year-old woman arranged by text to buy $100 of what she thought was heroin on December 13, 2024; she was found dead in her bed in Washington Parish, Louisiana, two days later of a lethal dose of fentanyl.
- Court
- State, Washington Parish
- State
- Louisiana
- Year of death
- 2024
- Year sentenced
- 2026
- Drugs
- Fentanyl (sold as heroin)
- Conduct
- Commercial sale
- Relationship
- Not reported
- Conviction
- Murder in a fentanyl overdose death; possession with intent to distribute fentanyl
- Plea or trial
- Trial
- Sentence
- Life without parole, probation or suspension of sentence, plus a concurrent 15 years
- Found through
- State prosecutor and news search, October 2026
This case was brought under Louisiana law. For what that law says, see Louisiana in the state law guide.
Sources
- dea.govLouisiana man sentenced mandatory life prison for fentanyl overdose
Sources checked 8 October 2026. If something here is wrong or out of date, please tell us.