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Baton Rouge woman arrested for murder after Ascension Parish woman dies from fentanyl overdose

23 hours 23 minutes 57 seconds ago Friday, May 23 2025 May 23, 2025 May 23, 2025 4:25 PM May 23, 2025 in News
Source: WBRZ

PRAIRIEVILLE - Deputies arrested a woman on murder charges after she allegedly sold fentanyl to a woman who overdosed, the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office said Friday.

Mackenzie Corkern, 28, supplied drugs to a woman who overdosed on fentanyl and died at her Prairieville residence in January, deputies said. On Wednesday, deputies arrested Corkern in Baton Rouge.

Corkern was booked for second-degree murder.

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