A man has been charged with felony murder in connection with the fentanyl death of a 15-year-old student at Lehman High School. On April 11, the Hays County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to a home in Kyle where they discovered a 15-year-old student unresponsive and not breathing. During the investigation, the HCSO identified Jaquell Desean Ray, 18, as the person believed to have sold the fentanyl to the 15-year-old.
The 15-year-old was later pronounced dead at the scene. During the initial investigation, the HCSO’s Criminal Investigation Division and Special Services Division (SSD) determined that the teen’s death was caused by an accidental fentanyl overdose. This was later confirmed by an autopsy conducted by the Travis County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Ray was arrested on April 11 and charged with delivery of a controlled substance or marijuana to a minor – a second-degree felony – for a separate case. Ray was charged with delivery of a controlled substance or marijuana to a minor, a second-degree felony, and felony murder, a first-degree felony. His additional bonds were set at $100,000 for the delivery charge and $300,000 for the murder charge, totaling $400,000 total.
This is the second arrest of this type in Hays County so far this year. Back in February, 18-year-old Jubenal Flores Sanchez was arrested in connection with a 14-year-old girl’s fatal fentanyl overdose. Sanchez was charged with delivery of a controlled substance and manufacture and delivery of a controlled substance.
