US EditionProsecutor: 29-Year-Old Man Indicted for Fentanyl-Related Death of Woman
DENTON, TEXAS, JUL 15 – George Howard Cook II faces murder and felony drug possession charges after selling fentanyl-laced narcotics that caused Mark Allan Saltsman's December 2024 overdose death, authorities said.
- On July 14, 2025, authorities arrested 45-year-old George Howard Cook II at his home in Krum, Texas, charging him with murder related to a December 3, 2024, fatal fentanyl overdose.
- Investigators linked Cook to selling heroin containing fentanyl to 64-year-old Mark Saltsman before Saltsman was found dead from mixed drug toxicity with diabetic ketoacidosis.
- During the arrest, police found Cook in possession of heroin, fentanyl, and methamphetamines, and he faces second-degree felony drug charges alongside the murder charge.
- Separately, 29-year-old Malik Mabrey was indicted on involuntary manslaughter and trafficking charges after selling fentanyl to a 26-year-old woman who died the day after buying drugs on August 3, 2023.
- Mabrey faces up to 20 years in prison, with officials emphasizing accountability for drug dealers when overdose deaths occur, while Cook remains detained pending trial in Denton jail.
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