An 18-year-old Odessa man is scheduled to be arraigned Monday on a murder charge in connection with the drug overdose of another teenager.
Avian Daniel Sanchez was indicted on a murder charge Feb. 29 in the December death of Ryan Mojica and will be arraigned Monday by Ector County District Court Judge Justin Low.
Ector County Sheriff Mike Griffis said deputies responded to an ambulance run on Broken Bow shortly after 6 a.m. Dec. 7. Mojica was taken to Medical Center Hospital for a possible overdose and despite lifesaving measures being taken, he died.
ECSO detectives learned during the ensuring investigation Sanchez had sold Mojica fentanyl pills and fentanyl was found in Mojica’s system, Griffis said.
Sanchez admitted to selling Mojica the pills when interviewed by detectives, he said.
Sanchez, who was 17 at the time of the incident, remains in the Ector County jail on a $200,000 surety bond.
