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Man charged with murder after supplying drugs used in fatal overdose

<p>Elisha D. McDowell was charged with second degree murder after allegedly providing the drugs another man used before fatally overdosing.</p>

Sevierville Police officers arrested a local man after he allegedly supplied another man with drugs that killed him.

SPD officers arrested Elisha D. McDowell, 22, of Sevierville on Sunday after a traffic stop near 111 East Main St. Detectives said McDowell supplied another 22-year-old man, Mohammed Hafeez, with the schedule II painkiller, Fentanyl, that killed him on February 12.

SPD reported an autopsy revealed Hafeez had died from a toxic level of Fentanyl.

Officers charged McDowell with second degree murder.

Officers took McDowell to Sevier County Jail and is being held on $100,000 bond.

The investigation is ongoing.

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