Case DIH-2895
Austin Forkpa
Sold drugs he described as Percocet and MDMA, which were actually fentanyl and methamphetamine, to a 20-year-old man and two friends at a bachelor party on September 17, 2021; the man was found unresponsive the next day and died of an overdose.
- Court
- State, Washington County
- State
- Tennessee
- Year of death
- 2021
- Year sentenced
- 2025
- Drugs
- Fentanyl; methamphetamine
- Conduct
- Commercial sale
- Relationship
- Not reported
- Conviction
- Second-degree murder; sale of methamphetamine; sale of fentanyl (found guilty)
- Plea or trial
- Trial
- Sentence
- A combined 32 years in prison (24 years at 100 percent and 8 years at 30 percent)
- Found through
- State prosecutor and news search, October 2026
This case was brought under Tennessee law. For what that law says, see Tennessee in the state law guide.
Sources
- wcyb.comMan sentenced following overdose death in washington county tennessee
- wcyb.comMan found guilty of murder in washington county tenn following overdose death austin forkpa fentanyl ecstasy
Sources checked 8 October 2026. If something here is wrong or out of date, please tell us.