KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A 36-year-old man is charged in Johnson County, Kansas, District Court with one count of distribution of a controlled substance causing death in the March 2025 fentanyl overdose death of an Olathe man.
Steven Cutler also faces eight counts of use of a communications facility in the commission of a felony drug violation.
Cutler allegedly sold a fatal dose of fentanyl to Carl Hunter Wheeler, 33.
Wheeler was found in his room by his roommate around 12:45 p.m. on March 5, 2025.
He was declared dead by emergency medical personnel a few minutes later.
Police found evidence on a cell phone of numerous text messages between Wheeler and Cutler, according to a court document.
The messages began on Feb. 16, 2025, and ended on March 4, 2025.
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