Case DIH-1637
John Paul Beckwith
Sold the fentanyl pills that another Lawrence, Kansas, man passed on to a 32-year-old man who died in October 2021; pleaded no contest to a lesser distribution charge and agreed to testify against the two other men charged.
- Court
- State, Douglas County
- State
- Kansas
- Year of death
- 2021
- Year sentenced
- 2023
- Drugs
- Fentanyl (pills)
- Conduct
- Upstream supplier
- Relationship
- No direct contact
- Conviction
- Unlawful distribution of a controlled substance (death resulted)
- Plea or trial
- Plea
- Sentence
- 15 months in prison, suspended to 18 months of probation
- Found through
- State prosecutor and news search, October 2026
This case was brought under Kansas law. For what that law says, see Kansas in the state law guide.
Sources
- www2.ljworld.comMan convicted of involuntary manslaughter in lawrence fathers fentanyl death
Sources checked 8 October 2026. If something here is wrong or out of date, please tell us.