Case DIH-1614

Hugh Willis Jr.

State · North Carolina · Sentenced 2025

Delivered fentanyl to his 25-year-old girlfriend and her friend a couple of days before the girlfriend died in late July 2022 in Carteret County, North Carolina.

Court
State, Carteret County
State
North Carolina
Year of death
2022
Year sentenced
2025
Drugs
Fentanyl
Conduct
Unknown
Relationship
Partner
Conviction
Death by distribution of fentanyl; sale and delivery of fentanyl; felonious possession of fentanyl
Plea or trial
Trial
Sentence
6½ to 9 years in prison
Found through
State prosecutor and news search, October 2026

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

Sources

  1. witn.comCarteret county man sentenced his role girlfriends overdose

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