By Drew Brooks, The Fayetteville Observer, N.C.
Jul. 14–CLINTON — Sampson County investigators looking into the fatal overdose by a 12-year-old have finished their investigation and turned the case over to the district attorney.
Capt. Julian Carr with the Sampson County Sheriff’s Office said District Attorney Dewey Hudson Jr.’s office would determine whether any charges would be filed.
Hudson, who also represents Onslow, Jones and Duplin counties, was out of the office and did not return a message left with his Sampson County office.
Caleb Wayne Bevil died April 26 after spending several days in a hospital in Raleigh.
Bevil was thought to have suffered from an overdose of the drug methadone, which is a painkiller and is also used to help heroin abusers break their addiction. A report from the state Medical Examiner’s Office released in mid-June confirmed the cause of death.
Investigators were waiting for the report before turning the information over to the district attorney.
A toxicology report found traces of methadone, benzodiazepine and marijuana in the boy’s system. Benzodiazepine is a class of drugs that includes Xanax.
According to the report, Bevil’s stepfather, a cancer patient, told investigators that he was missing methadone and Xanax.
Staff writer Drew Brooks can be reached at [email protected] or 486-3567.
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