SANTA ROSA, Calif. (KRON) — A cluster of unintentional drug overdoses have left college students at two Santa Rosa faculties mourning the deaths of their classmates this week. Police mentioned two youngsters died, and two extra had been hospitalized.
Investigators mentioned the youngsters doubtless believed that they had been consuming baggies of cocaine, and had no concept the baggies additionally contained fentanyl.
A 16-year-old lady who attended Santa Rosa Excessive College and her boyfriend had been discovered deceased collectively in a residence, police and college students advised KRON4. The boyfriend was an 18-year-old senior at Montgomery Excessive College.
A photograph of Gia is displayed at a rising memorial at Santa Rosa Excessive College on Feb. 25, 2025. (KRON4 Picture)
The victims’ buddies created makeshift memorials on campus that recognized the victims as Gia and Logan. In accordance with the Press Democrat, they had been Gia Walsh, 16, and Logan Camp, 18.
Walsh’s finest buddy discovered the younger couple lifeless inside a home on Brookwood Drive on Saturday evening. The perfect buddy had “let herself into the home when there was no answer at the door,” the Santa Rosa Police Division wrote.
She made a tragic discovery and known as 911. As soon as paramedics arrived, Walsh and Camp had been declared deceased.
Flowers and an indication studying “Long Live Logan” are seen at Montgomery Excessive College on February 24, 2025. (KRON4 Picture)
The victims had been “very well-known and liked,” SRPD Sgt. Patricia Seffens mentioned. “This is so tragic for the schools in Santa Rosa. Incredibly traumatic,” Seffens mentioned.
A woman who left flowers at Walsh’s memorial had tears in her eyes as she advised KRON4, “I felt like I could have done more for her.”
A scholar at Santa Rosa Excessive College holds again tears whereas speaking about her buddy, Gia, who handed away. (KRON4 Picture)
On Saturday morning, one other 911 caller reported that two ladies — ages 14 and 16 — additionally suffered fentanyl overdoses at a second location in Santa Rosa and survived.
“A 14-year-old female and a 16-year-old female were hospitalized. SRPD detectives are currently investigating this incident to determine if it is related to the overdose deaths on Brookwood Drive,” SRPD wrote.
Detectives suspect that the 4 youngsters purchased fentanyl-laced cocaine from the identical drug seller. Police recognized the suspected drug seller as a 21-year-old Satna Rosa man, Ramon Nunez. An officer discovered Nunez inside a parked automobile Sunday. He was booked into jail on costs together with murder and furnishing narcotics to minors.
SFPD launched {a photograph} of baggies that the lethal medicine had been bought in. The baggies are labeled with distinctive black peace signal logos.
Police detectives served a search warrant at Nunez’s residence. Inside, they discovered narcotics and proof that he was promoting medicine within the peace signal baggies, in response to SRPD.
The police division warned, “Numerous illegal narcotics are currently being mixed with fentanyl to increase potency, and often the narcotics user is unaware of the potentially deadly fentanyl contamination. We urge parents to have open conversations with their children about illegal drug use. The rise in fentanyl-contaminated drugs poses a severe risk, and even a small amount can lead to a fatal overdose.”
Flowers are left round Santa Rosa Excessive College’s entrance following the deaths of scholars. (KRON4 Picture)
Nunez was beforehand arrested in January for allegedly possessing medicine and driving underneath the affect of medicine.
He appeared in courtroom Tuesday morning. Prosecutors mentioned they’ll wait to file costs within the double deadly overdose case till the victims’ autopsies and toxicology checks are accomplished. Nunez stays in custody at Sonoma County Jail.
A former scholar of Santa Rosa Metropolis Faculties district additionally died over the weekend from a drug overdose. The sufferer was a 19-year-old man, police mentioned. His loss of life was not linked to the 4 different Santa Rosa drug overdoses.
