61-year-old woman overdoses on fentanyl, leading police to man accused of supplying it to her: MCSO

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- A man is currently in custody at the Montgomery County Jail, being held on no bail after he is accused of supplying fentanyl to a 61-year-old woman who died after ingesting it.

According to officials, members of the Montgomery County Enforcement Team (MOCONET) responded to a home in the 14000 block of Walker Road to help with the investigation after a woman's death.

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Evidence found at the scene indicated that the woman died from a fentanyl overdose.

Further investigation identified 39-year-old Victor Matthews as the suspect who provided the narcotic to the woman.



Matthews was taken into custody on Aug. 29, transported to jail, and subsequently charged with murder.

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Montgomery County officials reported in 2019 that MOCONET, along with the Houston High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, began working to address the ongoing trafficking of the narcotic and its correlation to recorded overdose deaths in the county.