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 person who supplied the drugs.

Corkern was arrested on Wednesday, May 21, after an arrest warrant was executed. She was booked into the Ascension Parish Jail on a charge of second-degree murder.

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