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This Bristol County District attorney’s office released details on the three overdose deaths that occurred in New Bedford on Wednesday.
At 6 am, the fishing vessel Capt. Porter, based out of North Carolina, advised the U.S. Coast Guard that it had a deceased crew member on board. The vessel docked at the Port of New Bedford. In the victim’s bunk, police found a burnt spoon, hypodermic needles, and unmarked prescription bottles. The victim is a 30-year-old man from New Bern, North Carolina. No trauma to the body or suspicion of foul play at this time. It is considered a suspected fatal drug overdose. Investigation ongoing and toxicology pending.
A 53 year old New Bedford man found deceased at the Whaler’s Inn and Suites yesterday morning shortly before 8 a.m. by the victim’s girlfriend in the room they were sharing. She woke up to the victim making gurgling sounds, attempted CPR and called 911. The deceased had been drinking, smoking crack and potentially snorting heroin until around 4 a.m. Inside the room, police found several crack pipes, numerous torn baggies with white residue on them and rolled up dollar bills. This is an apparent fatal drug overdose.
At 8:47 a.m. yesterday, New Bedford police received a 911 call from hotel staff at the Fairfield Inn after they found the deceased on the floor of his room. The deceased is a 36 year old man from Knoxville, TN. When police arrived they found a brown powdery substance on the desk, along with rolled up dollar bills, oxycodone pills, and other prescription pills. This is an apparent fatal drug overdose. The medical examiner report is pending.
