A verdict is decided in Fentanyl overdose case in Lafayette, LA

Assistant district attorney Lance Beal was the lead prosecutor in the murder trial of fentanyl overdose death.

A verdict is decided in Fentanyl overdose.

After jury reaches a verdict, Damien Bernard, 27, of Arnaudville, is guilty of second-degree murder in the death of JonTerez Broussard, 20, a local college student who died a week after authorities say she unknowingly ingested drugs laced with fentanyl in October 2021.