The Clinton Police Department said in a news release that a woman was caught after they say she sold drugs to someone who later died.
On February 28, police began to look into the death of 19-year-old Keaton Merle Olson. Criminal charges were brought in Clinton County Court on February 27. Around 10:42 p.m. that same day, the Carroll County (Illinois) 911 Center got a call about a person who wasn’t responding in the 5000 block of Route 84 in Thomson.
EMS tried to save the victim’s life and took him to the Mercy One Emergency Department in Clinton. His name is Keaton Olson. After a little more than an hour, Olson was declared dead at the hospital.
Investigators were able to look at Olson’s text message records, which showed that he and Camren Cady, 20, of Clinton, had several conversations. From the texts, it looked like Cady gave Olson illegal drugs on February 27 in exchange for money.
Hours before Olson was found not breathing at his dad’s house, the baby was born. His dad told the police that he had driven Olson to Clinton to meet someone for a short time, who turned out to be Cady. Pills found at the scene of the crime were checked in a lab and found to contain fentanyl.
The medical inspector did an autopsy and found that the person died from acute mixed drug intoxication, which is a mix of cocaine and fentanyl.
After a long probe, police got a warrant to arrest Cady for delivering less than 5 grams of fentanyl, which is a C Felony. It was a smooth arrest for Cady on September 18 by the Clinton Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division.
She is being held in the Clinton County Jail on a $50,000 bond that can only be paid in cash. The first meeting for her is on September 27.
You can be charged with Delivery of Fentanyl Causing Death under Iowa Code 124.401(1)(g).
If you kill someone while breaking this section (124.401(1)) and are not protected under section 124.418, you will be given three times the normal sentence, and you will not be able to get your judgment, sentence, or part of it delayed or suspended.
A C-Felony is a crime that can get you up to 10 years in jail and a $1,370 to $13,660 fine.
The study was helped by the Blackhawk Area Task Force, the Carroll County Illinois Sheriff’s Department, and the Clinton County Attorney’s Office.