{"id":2495,"date":"2024-08-14T23:20:17","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T23:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tcysapc.org\/?p=2495"},"modified":"2024-08-14T23:23:36","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T23:23:36","slug":"18-year-old-charged-with-murder-in-austin-fentanyl-overdose-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tcysapc.org\/?p=2495","title":{"rendered":"18-year-old charged with murder in Austin fentanyl overdose case"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"The Austin Police Department has arrested and charged an 18-year-old man in connection to a\u00a0fentanyl overdose death that occurred in April. The 17-year-old’s death follows another fentanyl-related murder charge<\/a> in Central Texas.\u00a0 Xavier Alexzander Buentello has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with selling fentanyl to 17-year-old Sienna Rae Contreras, which ultimately killed her, according to an APD news release. Contreras was found dead in her bed by her father on the morning of April 13.\u00a0 Austin police responded to a call from Contreras’ father around 11 a.m. on April 13 in the 1200 block of Knollpark Circle, according to the release. Upon arrival, officers were informed that her father had last seen Contreras alive the night before. When he went to wake her up the next morning, he found her dead. Contreras was pronounced dead at 11:38 a.m. on April 13.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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When investigators searched Contreras\u2019s bedroom, they found a pill bottle with \u201cseveral assorted pills,\u201d including two blue pills with the letter \u201cM\u201d on one side, according to an arrest warrant affidavit from APD. Court records said the pills were \u201ccounterfeit pills containing fentanyl.\u201d\u00a0 This is being investigated as Austin\u2019s 38th homicide of 2024.\u00a0 Contreras allegedly met with Buentello for \u201cmultiple narcotics transactions,\u201d during the months of March and April, according to the affidavit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Austin Police Department has arrested and charged an 18-year-old man in connection to a\u00a0fentanyl overdose death that occurred in April. The 17-year-old’s death follows another fentanyl-related murder charge in Central Texas.\u00a0 Xavier Alexzander Buentello has been charged with first-degree … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t