BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A Denham Springs man will remain in jail until he stands trial Nov. 16 on a second-degree murder charge in the 2013 heroin overdose death of his girlfriend.
The Advocate reports (https://bit.ly/1FzcKTZ ) State District Judge Don Johnson set the trial date Wednesday and also denied Jarret McCasland’s request to have his bond reinstated.
Johnson revoked McCasland’s bond in late March after the man failed two drug tests.
McCasland is accused of injecting his 19-year-old girlfriend, Flavia Cardenas, with a lethal dose of heroin in July 2013. McCasland, who has pleaded not guilty in the murder case, faces an automatic sentence of life in prison if convicted as charged.
Prosecutors say in addition to heroin, cocaine and other substances were found in Cardenas’ body after her July 26, 2013, death.
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Information from: The Advocate, https://theadvocate.com
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