Case DIH-2297
Jay Lynn Krauter
Pleaded guilty in the 2021 overdose death of a 28-year-old woman in Kosciusko County, Indiana; he admitted to a detective that he brought heroin to her for them both to use and took money for the drugs on the night she died. Three other charges were dismissed under the plea agreement.
- Court
- State, Kosciusko County
- State
- Indiana
- Year of death
- 2021
- Year sentenced
- 2023
- Drugs
- Heroin (the bags tested positive for fentanyl)
- Conduct
- Commercial sale
- Relationship
- Not reported
- Conviction
- Dealing in a controlled substance resulting in death (Level 1 felony; plea)
- Plea or trial
- Plea
- Sentence
- 25 years in the Indiana Department of Correction, 20 executed and 5 suspended to probation
- Found through
- State prosecutor and news search, October 2026
This case was brought under Indiana law. For what that law says, see Indiana in the state law guide.
Sources
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