Case DIH-2113
Krystle Hoffman
Pleaded guilty to drug-induced homicide over an overdose death on August 12, 2017, in the part of Joliet, Illinois, that lies in Kendall County; the coroner found intoxication by a fentanyl analogue (reported as acrofentanyl), heroin and phentermine. The trial court imposed the six-year mandatory minimum; the appellate court vacated it in December 2023, and the Illinois Supreme Court reinstated it in June 2025 (2025 IL 130344).
- Court
- State, Kendall County
- State
- Illinois
- Year of death
- 2017
- Drugs
- Fentanyl analogue; heroin; phentermine
- Conduct
- Unknown
- Relationship
- Not reported
- Conviction
- Drug-induced homicide
- Plea or trial
- Plea
- Sentence
- 6 years in prison (the mandatory minimum)
- Found through
- State prosecutor and news search, October 2026
This case was brought under Illinois law. For what that law says, see Illinois in the state law guide.
Sources
- isba.org
- wspynews.comWoman charged for drug induced homicide of female in kendall
- isba.org
Sources checked 8 October 2026. If something here is wrong or out of date, please tell us.