Everett Man Charged With Homicide After Woman's Fatal Overdose

In Everett, Washington, a man was charged with controlled substance homicide after allegedly selling fentanyl-laced drugs to a woman in her 40s who later died from an overdose in her apartment. Police responded to the overdose on May 4 and found drug paraphernalia and suspected fentanyl near the woman's body. Surveillance footage and eyewitness accounts from apartment staff captured the drug transaction shortly before her death, with no other individuals entering or leaving her apartment afterward. The suspect, already in jail on unrelated drug charges, was interviewed by the Everett Police Department's Community Response Team and subsequently charged in late June. Everett Police Chief John DeRousse highlighted the challenges of such investigations and credited the officers' efforts in securing evidence to hold the dealer accountable, providing some closure to the victim's family. The suspect remains held on a bond exceeding $1 million.