{"id":157302,"date":"2026-01-31T00:42:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T00:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/157302\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T00:42:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T00:42:22","slug":"woman-gets-15-years-to-life-in-fresno-countys-first-fentanyl-murder-conviction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/157302\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman gets 15 years to life in Fresno County\u2019s first fentanyl murder conviction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 The district attorney announced that a woman was sentenced to prison in the first-ever fentanyl murder conviction case.<\/p>\n<p>25-year-old Cassidy Marie Gonzalez was sentenced to 15 years to life in state prison for second-degree murder in the fentanyl overdose death of 41-year-old Jade Dreith. <\/p>\n<p> Gonzalez also received an additional four years and four months for a separate felony narcotics sales conviction. <\/p>\n<p>The judge imposed the sentence after a jury convicted Gonzalez on all counts on March 26, 2025.<\/p>\n<p> This case marks Fresno County&#8217;s first fentanyl-related homicide case to result in a jury conviction and sentencing. <\/p>\n<p>Evidence presented at trial showed Gonzalez knowingly sold fentanyl, leading to Dreith&#8217;s fatal overdose.<\/p>\n<p> Prosecutors demonstrated that Gonzalez was aware of the dangers of fentanyl but continued to distribute it. <\/p>\n<p>[RELATED] <a href=\"https:\/\/kmph.com\/news\/local\/cracking-down-on-fentanyl-abuse-in-fresno-county\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cracking down on fentanyl abuse in Fresno County<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After Dreith&#8217;s death, Gonzalez continued selling counterfeit prescription M-30s containing fentanyl, showing a disregard for public safety. <\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>JOIN THE CONVERSATION (1)<\/p>\n<p>The jury found Gonzalez acted with conscious disregard for human life, meeting the legal standard for second-degree murder under California law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 The district attorney announced that a woman was sentenced to prison in the first-ever&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":157303,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":{"0":"post-157302","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-fresno","9":"tag-fresno-headlines","10":"tag-fresno-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}