Oklahoma Man Who Reported Fentanyl Overdose To Authorities Now Accused Of Murder

An Oklahoma man is held on murder charges after another man died while they both reportedly used fentanyl.

Police say they found Christopher Drake, 47, in a parking lot northwest of downtown Oklahoma City the evening of April 22. He was not responsive and died later at a hospital.

Authorities arrested Joshua Askins, 42, who reportedly called 911 to report Drake's apparent overdose. Police told KOKH-TV that Askins admitted he bought the deadly drug.

Askins was held April 24 on a first-degree murder charge.

His arrest made at least three murder charges involving fentanyl in Oklahoma City in a four-day span.

KFOR-TV reported Wednesday that Kristopher Hauser was charged with murdering a woman with the drug in a home last October.

Then Justin Lastra was captured April 20 for what police described as a group fentanyl sale in April 2022. It ended with a woman dead.