DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – An accused drug dealer is facing charges after a woman he sold fentanyl to overdosed on her birthday, resulting in her death, according to the Daytona Beach Police Department.
Police said Samantha Stefanczak was found unconscious in a vehicle with another person around 8 p.m. March 24, which was her 22nd birthday. She was given Narcan and taken to Halifax Health Medical Center, where she died five days later.
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Stefanczak likely thought the drug she purchased from John Mai, 26, was heroin, but it was actually fentanyl, according to a news release.
Mai had already been in jail since April 26, when police say he sold fentanyl to an undercover detective. On Friday, a grand jury delivered a first-degree murder indictment in connection with Stefanczak's death.
His criminal history includes a vehicular homicide conviction when he was 17 years old, for which he served nine years in prison as well as other drug and traffic-related charges.