PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire woman accused of selling a fatal $40 dose of a synthetic opiate to a Maine man is facing up to life in prison if she’s convicted.
A Rockingham County grand jury indicted 26-yearold Amanda Burgess earlier this month on a charge of supplying fentanyl with death resulting.
Prosecutors say Burgess sold a bag of what she said was heroin to 27-year-old Joseph Cahill of York and was by his side when he injected the drug. The drug was fentanyl, which can be 50 times as powerful as heroin; it’s not clear if Burgess knew that.
Cahill was found dead on June 15.
Burgess’ mother told Portsmouth police her daughter was with him and texted she watched someone die.
There was no phone listing for Burgess.
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