Drug Dealer Slain in Santa Cruz Wanted to Clean Up His Life, Family Says; Murder Suspect Due in Court Thursday

Link Stronger Heroin to Overdose Deaths
The latest upswing in Franklin County drug overdose cases may be linked to a more potent form of cheap heroin being smuggled into the United States from Mexico and South America.

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Drug dealer slain in Santa Cruz wanted to clean up his life, family says; murder suspect due in court Thursday
SANTA CRUZ — A methamphetamine dealer gunned down Friday evening during a drug deal gone bad along Branciforte Creek had hoped to be placed in a drug treatment facility months ago but was never enrolled in a program, court documents showed.

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