Case DIH-1396
Jarret McCasland
A friend testified that he injected his 19-year-old girlfriend with heroin hours before she died of an overdose in Baton Rouge in July 2013; convicted by a jury in 2015, he was the first person in East Baton Rouge Parish convicted of murder under the drug-distribution provision.
- Court
- State, East Baton Rouge Parish
- State
- Louisiana
- Year of death
- 2013
- Year sentenced
- 2016
- Drugs
- Heroin
- Conduct
- Other (see detail)
- Relationship
- Partner
- Conviction
- Second-degree murder (distributing or dispensing a drug that directly caused a death)
- Plea or trial
- Trial
- Sentence
- Life without parole
- 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
- wbrz.comJudge orders life sentence for man convicted of heroin overdose death
- theadvocate.comFirst circuit court denies appeal for denham springs man convicted of murder after role in
- theadvocate.comDenham springs man challenging murder conviction life sentence in fatal heroin overdose
Sources checked 8 October 2026. If something here is wrong or out of date, please tell us.