INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (KCTV) - An alleged fentanyl dealer is on the run as he faces murder charges in connection with a teenager’s 2023 fentanyl death.

Jackson County, Missouri, Circuit Court records filed on Tuesday, Oct. 14, indicate that Blake A. Sajdak, 22, of Independence, has been charged with murder.

A probable cause statement filed by the Independence Police Department revealed that on Jan. 10, 2023, dispatchers were called with reports of a juvenile in need of medical service.

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When first responders arrived, they said they found an individual who led them to the basement of a nearby house.

Inside, they indicated that a minor was found unresponsive on her bed. She was taken to Centerpoint Hospital, where s

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