A man was charged with murder after he allegedly sold fentanyl-laced cocaine to a man who overdosed and died in January, Denton police said Tuesday.
Pedro Martinez, 31, was charged with murder in the Jan. 21 death of Dylan King, 26, Denton police said in a news release. According to the release, officers responded to a report of an unconscious person in the 500 block of Inman Street, where they found King dead.
Officers later determined King had died from a combination of a cocaine and fentanyl overdose, the release said. Police learned King had allegedly obtained the drugs from Martinez, his co-worker, the release said.
Martinez was booked into the Denton County jail on April 24 on unrelated drug charges. Police interviewed him in jail, where he admitted to selling King the drugs and knowing the drugs were laced with fentanyl, the release said.
Officers obtained a warrant for the murder charge Tuesday. Martinez’s bond for the murder charge was not set as of Tuesday night. The release said Martinez is the fifth person to be charged for murder in connection with a fentanyl overdose since a state law went into effect last year creating a criminal offense for murder for supplying fentanyl leading to someone’s death.
