Baton Rouge Woman Charged with Murder in Connection to Overdose Death

Baton Rouge woman arrested for allegedly supplying fentanyl in fatal overdose

A Baton Rouge woman has been arrested on a count of second-degree murder after allegedly supplying fentanyl that lead to the overdose death of another woman.

Baton Rouge woman charged with murder in connection to overdose death

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) -- A Baton Rouge woman was arrested in connection with an overdose death in Ascension Parish. Deputies responded to a reported overdose at a Prairieville home on River Landing Drive Wednesday, Jan. 21, where a woman was pronounced dead at the scene after ingesting fentanyl. The Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office arrested Mackenzie Corkern, 28, in connection with the death. Detectives identified Corkern as the pe…

Baton Rouge woman arrested for murder after Ascension Parish woman dies from fentanyl overdose

PRAIRIEVILLE - Deputies arrested a woman on murder charges after she allegedly sold fentanyl to a woman who overdosed, the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office said Friday.Mackenzie Corkern, 28, supplied drugs to a woman who overdosed on fentanyl and died at her Prairieville residence in January, deputies said. On Wednesday, deputies arrested Corkern in Baton Rouge.Corkern was booked for second-degree murder.Permalink