An Altamonte Springs man is being charged with first degree murder in the overdose death of a man back in April.
Timothy Wilson Jr., 20, is charged with first degree murder for selling a mixture of heroin and furanyl fentanyl to Jesse Bardwell, 29, who died on April 4.
According to State Attorney Phil Archer, investigators identified Wilson as the suspected source of the drugs Bardwell took. Undercover agents purchased heroin from Wilson, resulting in his arrest on drug charges.
After a ruling by the Medical Examiner that Bardwell's cause of death was the combination of drugs, investigators then arrested Wilson on June 12 for murder while he was at the Seminole County Jail. He's being held without bond.
Assistant State Attorney Daniel Faggard says he doesn’t believe Wilson knew he was selling fentanyl, but also believes he “didn’t care.”
“This is an ongoing issue in Seminole County,” Faggard says. “We’ve had a marked increase in overdose deaths, so this is just part of our continuing focus on overdose deaths that are occurring in Seminole County.”