Case DIH-2880
Jonathan Alan Foster
A 29-year-old Wilmington, North Carolina, man who bought heroin with a co-defendant in November 2016; the co-defendant injected his girlfriend with it at Foster's home in New Hanover County, and she overdosed and died while the two delayed calling for help.
- Court
- State, New Hanover County
- State
- North Carolina
- Year of death
- 2016
- Year sentenced
- 2018
- Drugs
- Heroin
- Conduct
- Share; co-use
- Relationship
- Not reported
- Conviction
- Involuntary manslaughter; conspiracy to deliver heroin; possession with intent to deliver heroin (plea)
- Plea or trial
- Plea
- Sentence
- 47 to 85 months in prison
- Found through
- State prosecutor and news search, October 2026
This case was brought under North Carolina law. For what that law says, see North Carolina in the state law guide.
Sources
- wect.comCo defendant sentenced in womans overdose death
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