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YAVAPAI COUNTY, Ariz. - The Yavapai County Sheriff's Office says a man suspected of dealing drugs that led to a deadly overdose has died before he could be arrested.

The backstory:

An investigation began in April 2024 when the sheriff's office overdose death investigator responded to reports of a deadly overdose in Prescott.

"Over the next year, the investigator worked diligently to trace the source of the drugs and ultimately identified the suspected dealer as Raymond Young, residing in the Los Angeles area," YCSO said in an Oct. 16 news release.

On Sept. 5 of this year, the Yavapai County Attorney's Office presented the case to a grand jury, formally indicting Young on charges of manslaughter and the sale of a narcotic.

An arrest warrant was issued on Sept. 8.

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