LaFAYETTE, Ga. — Three people were found dead from suspected fentanyl overdoses in Walker County, Georgia, on Monday, officials said.
“Today is another sad day in Walker County,” Sheriff Steve Wilson said at a news conference Monday. “We discovered three bodies in a home in the Kensington community of Walker County.”
Wilson said based on initial examination of the scene, the most likely cause of death was fentanyl exposure by inhaling or smoking the synthetic opioid. Dried psychedelic mushrooms, marijuana and methamphetamines were also found in the home, he said.
The deceased were identified as Donald Ray Wallin, 70, of LaFayette; Kevin Leroy Walker, 55, also of LaFayette; and Carla Joann Quillen, 37, of Menlo, Georgia.
Around 9 a.m., a caller reported three people were unresponsive at a Kensington home. First responders found three bodies, and it appeared they had been deceased a few hours, Wilson said. First aid was not administered because it was obvious they were dead.