Colorado Teen’s Fatal Overdose Leads to Prison Time for Dealers and Boyfriend

By Logan Smith | CBS Colorado

Three Colorado residents are currently serving prison sentences following a 16-year-old girl’s drug overdose. 

Kaleb Hale bought six pills from a man and woman in Greeley on July 24, 2021, according to court documents. He brought the pills to a friend’s home where he and his girlfriend, identified in the court documents only as “J.H.,” crushed one pill and snorted a portion of it. 

“Once at that residence,” federal prosecutors stated in another court document, “J.H. decided to try what would be her first, and last, dose of fentanyl.”

Hale, then 20 years old, awoke around noon the next day. He had defecated himself and “J.H.” had vomited on him, according to the document. She was unconscious and not breathing. He tried to resuscitate her with CPR, but became ill and showered. He called 9-1-1 nearly an hour later. 

“J.H.” never recovered. She died, as stated in her autopsy report, from fentanyl intoxication. 

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