Case DIH-2713
Justeen Whittaker
Injected her 50-year-old father with heroin at his request, because he was too intoxicated to inject himself, in an Ocean City, Maryland, hotel room on October 24, 2017; he died of a fentanyl overdose.
- Court
- State, Worcester County
- State
- Maryland
- Year of death
- 2017
- Year sentenced
- 2018
- Drugs
- Heroin (death from fentanyl overdose)
- Conduct
- Other (see detail)
- Relationship
- Family
- Conviction
- Manslaughter (found guilty)
- Plea or trial
- Trial
- Sentence
- Eight years with all but three years suspended, and two and a half years of supervised probation
- Found through
- State prosecutor and news search, October 2026
This case was brought under Maryland law. For what that law says, see Maryland in the state law guide.
Sources
- wmdt.comDover woman sentenced for injecting her father with heroin in ocean city
Sources checked 8 October 2026. If something here is wrong or out of date, please tell us.