On Thursday, April 3, Heather Marie Maybin, 38, of Hendersonville, was found guilty of death by distribution after a four-day trial and sentenced to 66 to 92 months of prison, according to a press release from Henderson County District Attorney Andrew Murray.
“My office, along with our dedicated and professional partners, is committed to ridding our community of fentanyl by holding drug dealers accountable for these untimely and extremely tragic deaths,” said Murray.
Maybin was a known drug dealer and made her dealings over Facebook Messenger, according to the investigation and court trial record.
The press release said on Feb. 6, 2023, Maybin made a transaction of fentanyl sold for $40 in the Walmart Parking lot off Highland Square Drive.
The victim used a hypodermic needle to put the fentanyl in their body; they then lost consciousness and stopped breathing, the press release said. Dr. Patrick Lantz at Wake Forest Medical Center said the victim died of fentanyl toxicity.
According to the press release, The Henderson County Sheriff's Office solved the case by conducting witness interviews and viewing Facebook Messenger conversations, which were obtained with a search warrant.
Maybin is in the North Carolina Department of Adult Corrections.
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