Police have arrested two suspects in connection with the overdose death of a Cheesecake Factory employee Michelle Edoo in New Jersey.
“She was a single mom. She did everything for her daughter. Her daughter meant everything to her. Her daughter was nine years old,” one woman said of the deceased worker.
Edoo worked at the Cheesecake Factory at The Shops at Riverside Mall and died three days after she and four female colleagues ingested fentanyl-laced cocaine in the lower level parking lot of the upscale mall in Hackensack, New Jersey.
From The Blaze:
Bergen County Sheriff's Office officials say one suspect was charged with distribution of narcotics, and the other with possession with intent to sell, WPIX reported. Shoppers found the woman unconscious in the parking garage, CBS News reported. First responders administered Narcan and performed CPR. Naloxone, also called Narcan, is a medicine used to reverse opioid overdoses. It is often administered in the form of a nasal spray. All five women were revived via the emergency measures. Four were transported to the hospital. One woman refused transport. Edoo died 3 days later. "You have to assume that any drug, whether powder, pill, or vegetation, that is bought on the street or that is shared on the street contains fentanyl and it can kill you," said Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella at a press conference.
