Teen charged with murder after 12-year-old San Jose girl dies of fentanyl overdose

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The 16-year-old sold the drugs to the girl in 2020. Dalilah Julianna Mederos Guerrero died shortly after consuming three-quarters of a single pill, prosecutors said. The girl became the youngest person to fatally overdose in the county that year, according to the DA.

Prosecutors say a 12-year-old girl died on Nov. 14, 2020, shortly after consuming three-quarters of a single pill that she believed was Percocet.A 16-year-old boy described by prosecutors as a drug dealer has been charged with the murder of a 12-year-old

Efforts to reach her family were unsuccessful and prosecutors told KTVU that her family wished for privacy. "She was clearly looking to put her mind in a different place," Shearer said. "She was not looking for the dangerous effects of fentanyl." The boy's name was not released as he is a minor. It was impossible to contact him or his attorney as he is a juvenile and proceedings are private unless he is being charged as an adult. Prosecutors said he will be charged as a juvenile.

 

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Very sad to hear of any one dying from drugs especially kids. Where does the fentanyl come from? Is it smuggled in by the cartel through the US - Mexico open border ?

It’s sadder that a 12 year old was buying drugs - no family or faith left anywhere

jlints58 this is so sad

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