North Texas man charged with murder in fentanyl overdose of Bedford teenager
A North Texas man faces murder and drug charges in the fentanyl overdose death of a teenager in Bedford, police said Tuesday.
Kaeden Farish, a 19-year-old Azle resident, was charged on Sunday with murder in connection with the fatal fentanyl poisoning of a 17-year-old Bedford boy in January, police said in a news release.
An investigation determined Farish sold the victim fentanyl-laced pills, police said. A new Texas law that went into effect last year updated the state’s criminal code to allow authorities to charge suspects with murder if they’re accused of supplying fentanyl that causes a death.
Bedford police arrested Farish on Feb. 2 on a warrant on a charge of manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance. He has been in the Tarrant County Jail since then.
His bond has been increased to $175,000 on the combined charges of murder and manufacture and delivery of a controlled substance.
