Shannon M. Carlson

Delivered heroin to a woman who died in September 2014 in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin; her death was first treated as a mixed-drug overdose until a toxicologist concluded in 2018 that heroin caused it, and he was charged that year.

Court

State, Fond du Lac County

State

Wisconsin

Year of death

2014

Year sentenced

2019

Drugs

Heroin

Conduct

Unknown

Relationship

Not reported

Conviction

First-degree reckless homicide (Alford plea)

Plea or trial

Plea

Sentence

6 years in prison and 6 years of extended supervision

Found through

State prosecutor and news search, October 2026

This case was brought under Wisconsin law. For what that law says, see Wisconsin in the state law guide.

Sources

1. wbay.com

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