Published: Monday, December 14, 2009
Heroin overdose investigated as homicide in Terrace
MOUNTLAKE TERRACE — Police are investigating the apparent heroin overdose death of an 18-year-old Everett woman as a homicide by controlled substance.
A Mountlake Terrace man, 26, called 911 around 8 a.m. Friday morning to report the woman was unconscious and was foaming at the mouth, Mountlake Terrace police Sgt. Doug Hansen said.
Rescue crews rushed to the home in the 23100 block of 54th Avenue W. but were unable to revive the woman, Hansen said.
The man told police that he and the woman had used heroin the night before and allegedly admitted supplying the drugs.
They had gone to sleep and he found the woman when he woke up, Hansen said.
The man also was hospitalized for problems associated to his drug use.
Controlled substance homicide is defined by a person who gives someone drugs and that person later dies as a result.
Hansen said detectives have a suspect in the death.
The woman’s identity was not immediately released. The Snohomish County Medical Examiner was expected to conduct an autopsy.
A Mountlake Terrace man, 26, called 911 around 8 a.m. Friday morning to report the woman was unconscious and was foaming at the mouth, Mountlake Terrace police Sgt. Doug Hansen said.
Rescue crews rushed to the home in the 23100 block of 54th Avenue W. but were unable to revive the woman, Hansen said.
The man told police that he and the woman had used heroin the night before and allegedly admitted supplying the drugs.
They had gone to sleep and he found the woman when he woke up, Hansen said.
The man also was hospitalized for problems associated to his drug use.
Controlled substance homicide is defined by a person who gives someone drugs and that person later dies as a result.
Hansen said detectives have a suspect in the death.
The woman’s identity was not immediately released. The Snohomish County Medical Examiner was expected to conduct an autopsy.
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