A Philadelphia man was recently extradited to North Carolina to stand trial for sending heroin through the mail to an NC woman. But the most serious charge he faces isn’t for drug dealing—it’s for second-degree murder.

Sean Michael Harrington is a 25-year-old man from Pennsylvania. In late August he was arrested for his role in the fatal overdose of Elisif Bruun, a 24-year-old addict who was staying at a recovery center at the time of her death.

Bruun’s autopsy found heroin and cocaine in her system. An investigation following Bruun’s death found the [...]