LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX18) — The federal government has indicted Brian Epperson — a man police say is connected to three fatal overdoses since November — on charges related to two of those deaths.

Epperson, 44, is accused of distributing methamphetamine that led to the deaths of Reacheal Dawson of Clark County and Kristen Morris of Powell County . The charges were announced after a federal grand jury met in the United States District Court.

Loved ones of Dawson say the indictment brings mixed emotions.

“I’m still in disbelief," her sister, Kaye Dawson, said. "I just hate that things had to come to this. That things could have been different. The outcome could have been different.”

“I knew it was coming. I kind of wanted time to stand still for a minute, so I could catch my breath," said

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