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Man accused in 2023 overdose deaths pleads guilty to drug trafficking, sentenced 20 years

Tavares Erick Patrick II
Boone County Jail
Tavares Erick Patrick II
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Published 3:12 PM

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A Columbia man who was previously charged with murder in two October 2023 overdose deaths pleaded guilty to a lesser charge on Monday.

Tavares Patrick II, 28, pleaded guilty to first-degree drug trafficking and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. He is currently being held at the Boone County Jail. His probation in another case was revoked in 2023 and was assigned two years in prison for fourth-degree domestic assault.

Patrick was originally charged in the overdose deaths with second-degree felony murder.

Court documents in previous reporting say that two people died from a fentanyl overdose. Another party claimed the pair thought the drug was cocaine.

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