Murder charge in overdose death

Story of an all too often occurance. People being charged with murder when they are guilty of trafficking. An Ely resident was arrested Elko police on a warrant charging second-degree murder related to the June overdose death of an 18-year-old Elko woman. Joshua Winton, 23, sold Jennifer Williams four methadone tablets, more than two oxycodone tablets and at least one hydrocodone tablet in the days before her June 25 death. An autopsy performed by the Washoe County Medical Examiner's Office determined she died of an overdose, specifically from the effects of methadone, oxycodone and hydrocodone. Other drugs found in her body included alprazolam, carisoprodol and dextromethorphan.

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