LAKE GENEVA, Wis. (WFRV) – A 22-year-old in southern Wisconsin faces reckless homicide charges over a 37-year-old man’s fatal overdose death in February.
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According to the Lake Geneva Police Department, the investigation stems from a February 18, call around 1:30 a.m. reporting that a 37-year-old man was unresponsive and not breathing.
The caller reported that witnesses had been performing CPR before emergency responders’ arrival; however, the man was pronounced dead after first responders attempted life-saving efforts as well.
The investigation into the man’s death led officers to deem acute fentanyl intoxication to be a factor in the death, after an autopsy and toxicology report from the Walworth County Medical Examiner’s Office.
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Officials say that 22-year-old John McClellan of Delavan admitted during the investigation that he had provided the victim with the drugs before he died.
McClellan faces multiple charges, including first-degree reckless homicide by drug delivery, drug paraphernalia possession and resisting an officer.
