Murder suspect gave teen girl fentanyl-laced MDMA, police say

A Las Vegas antheral charged with execution bought MDMA laced with fentanyl for a 17-year-old helium claimed was his girlfriend, according to police.

Joshua Roberts, 22, was arrested Sept. 10 and charged with first- and second-degree execution and cause trafficking, according to jailhouse and tribunal records.

Roberts is accused of buying MDMA pressed into a pill that was laced with fentanyl and giving the pill to Mia Gugino, who was recovered dormant Feb. 18 successful her northwest Las Vegas home.

Detectives interviewed Gugino’s friends and household and reviewed telephone records for Gugino and Roberts to necktie him to the lethal pills, according to an apprehension study from the Metropolitan Police Department.

The 32-page study details the last conversations the 17-year-old had, including a 90-second FaceTime telephone with Roberts astir 4 a.m. Police said she was sick and successful request of aesculapian attention.

Police said her begetter recovered her dormant successful her chamber conscionable earlier noon.

The Clark County coroner’s bureau ruled the miss died from fentanyl, MDMA and ethanol toxicity.

Roberts told his friends helium was dating Gugino, but Gugino’s friends said helium was a cause transportation for the teens who attended parties astatine his house.

Gugino was taking classes astatine the College of Southern Nevada and aspired to beryllium a carnal therapist, her begetter said successful a press conference held by Metro past week.

Gugino told her stepbrother she tried cocaine sometime successful the 2 months earlier her decease but had lone tried MDMA erstwhile earlier the dose that killed her. In a substance to a friend, she promised respective times she would beryllium safe.

In the days starring up to her death, Gugino’s telephone records amusement searches for “ecstasy,” “MDMA” and “how to marque molly effects stronger,” constabulary said. Roberts’ past showed 3 searches connected Feb. 19 asking “can you od disconnected molly.”

Although investigators recovered pills successful Roberts’ home, helium denied immoderate knowledge.

He is being held without bail and expected to look successful tribunal again Oct. 12 for a preliminary hearing.

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