Name: Sarah Harris.
Died: January 26, 2022.
Age at death: 25.
Cause of death: Drug overdose.
Location: Clarksburg, Maryland, USA.
Disability: Depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder.
Details:
Sarah lived with her boyfriend, who was more than twice her age. He exploited her vulnerability due to her mental illness to make her stay in the abusive relationship. As an oral surgeon, he had access to drugs including ketamine and propofol, and he got Sarah addicted to them to make her stay with him, even though he knew how dangerous it would be to provide her with these drugs. Eventually, Sarah died of a drug overdose; it was her boyfriend who found her body. He tried to pass it off as a suicide, but was charged with murder.
Case Status:
James Ryan (Boyfriend), convicted of second-degree depraved heart murder and involuntary manslaughter, sentenced to 45 years.
Sources:
Why a Maryland oral surgeon became a murder suspect in girlfriend’s overdose death
Maryland oral surgeon sentenced to 45 years for girlfriend’s overdose death