JonPaul Rene Kupka from Monterey County was charged with murder last week after investigators say he sold an M-30 fentanyl pill.
The Santa Clara County District Attorney said the Monterey County man responsible for the overdose death of 24-year-old Heather Macklin knew he was selling lethal drugs laced with fentanyl.District Attorney's Office says a man is being charged with murder after the fentanyl pills he sold caused the death of a young woman in San Jose. This is the 4th fentanyl-related murder case in Santa Clara County since last year.
"Mr. Kupka in February of this year, sold a pill that he said was Percocet also known as M-30 but actually contained a deadly amount of fentanyl," said Teresa Souto, Santa Clara County Deputy D.A. "We are finding cases now where we do have the evidence where the person who engages in the sale knows the danger of what they’re doing and is choosing to engage in the behavior anyway. Choosing to endanger the lives of the people of the County. So, for our office, that really is the distinction. Knowing the danger and not caring," Souto said.
"Oxycodone and fentanyl are very similar in many respects. Fentanyl is just very cheap to produce, and you create a counterfeit Oxycodone which might be known as an M30 and then that’s sold. Some folks do not know that it is a counterfeit pill made of fentanyl, but many do," Dr. Herring said.
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