Case DIH-2709
Jacob G. Wallentine
Injected a 27-year-old woman with the dose of heroin that killed her at his home in Gillette, Wyoming, in October 2018, did not call 911, then moved her body to her car and staged the scene to look like a self-inflicted overdose.
- Court
- State, Campbell County
- State
- Wyoming
- Year of death
- 2018
- Year sentenced
- 2019
- Drugs
- Heroin
- Conduct
- Other (see detail)
- Relationship
- Not reported
- Conviction
- Manslaughter; disposing of a dead human body to conceal a felony (no contest plea)
- Plea or trial
- Plea
- Sentence
- 12 to 16 years in prison (eight to 10 years for manslaughter and four to six years for disposing of the body, consecutive)
- Found through
- State prosecutor and news search, October 2026
This case was brought under Wyoming law. For what that law says, see Wyoming in the state law guide.
Sources
- gillettenewsrecord.com
- kowb1290.comWyoming man found guilty of disposing of overdose victims body
Sources checked 8 October 2026. If something here is wrong or out of date, please tell us.