23 May Yakima man charged with homicide in connection with drug-overdose death | Crime And Courts
YAKIMA, Wash. — Prosecutors filed a controlled-substance homicide charge against a Yakima man they say sold drugs that a man fatally overdosed on in December 2017.
Reymond Jason Linder, 22, was also charged with possession of fentanyl with intent to sell it, according to charging documents filed Wednesday in Yakima County Superior Court.
Linder was arrested last week following a six-month investigation by Yakima police into the death of Daniel P. Walsh of Yakima.
Walsh, 36, died of a fentanyl overdose on Dec. 12, 2017. Fentanyl is a powerful, synthetic opioid the National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have linked to an increase in drug overdose deaths.
Walsh had texted Linder the day before he died about buying oxycodone and Xanax pills, court document said, and the texts indicated that the deal was completed.
A witness told police that Walsh had previously overdosed after buying pills from Linder, the documents said, and Walsh had gone to Astria Regional Medical Center the day before he died thinking he had overdosed.
Linder, a witness told police, was panicking when he learned Walsh died and insisted he didn’t give Walsh any pills, according to court documents.
Court records show Linder was released from the Yakima County jail after posting $40,000 bail. He is expected to be arraigned on May 29.
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