Kyle B. Hayes

Bought heroin from a co-defendant at an Aurora, Illinois, apartment on March 21, 2009, and gave it to an 18-year-old Joliet woman, who inhaled some; another co-defendant later injected her with more, nobody called 911, and she was found unconscious and not breathing the next morning and died.

Court

State, Kane County

State

Illinois

Year of death

2009

Year sentenced

2010

Drugs

Heroin

Conduct

Intermediary

Relationship

Not reported

Conviction

Drug-induced homicide

Plea or trial

Plea

Sentence

6 years in prison (agreed sentence; at least 75 percent to be served)

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

1. shawlocal.com
2. nbcchicago.comThird defendant pleas guilty in death of joliet woman

Sources checked 8 October 2026. If something here is wrong or out of date, please tell us.

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