Fatal overdose leads to felony murder charge for Gwinnett woman
Tanika Tavares (Credit: Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office)
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. - A 48-year-old woman is facing a felony murder charge after Gwinnett County police connected her to a fatal fentanyl overdose in Lawrenceville earlier this month, according to authorities.
What we know:
Gwinnett County police detectives arrested 48-year-old Tanika Tavares following an investigation into an overdose death in Lawrenceville.
Officers originally responded to a home in the 1100 block of Wetlands Court on Oct. 13, where they found a victim dead from an overdose.
Investigators with the special investigations section combed through the circumstances surrounding the death and identified Tavares as the suspected source of the narcotics.
Detectives later took her into custody on charges of felony murder, aggravated involuntary manslaughter by causing fentanyl overdose death, sale of a schedule I or II controlled substance and additional drug offenses.
What we don't know:
Police have not released the identity or age of the person who died on Oct. 13.
Authorities also have not specified the exact chemical composition or quantity of the illicit drugs recovered during the arrest.
The Source: The information in this story was gathered from the Gwinnett County Police Department, which detailed the Oct. 13 response and subsequent arrest in an official law enforcement press release.