{"id":591290,"date":"2026-02-15T07:56:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T07:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/591290\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T07:56:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T07:56:34","slug":"murder-suspect-arrested-in-fort-worth-fentanyl-overdose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/591290\/","title":{"rendered":"Murder suspect arrested in Fort Worth fentanyl overdose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                <img class=\"responsive-image\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\"  alt=\"Police have arrested a suspect on suspicion of murder in connection with the fentanyl overdose death in May of a 26-year-old man at a house in north Fort Worth.\" title=\"Police have arrested a suspect on suspicion of murder in connection with the fentanyl overdose death in May of a 26-year-old man at a house in north Fort Worth.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Police have arrested a suspect on suspicion of murder in connection with the fentanyl overdose death in May of a 26-year-old man at a house in north Fort Worth.<\/p>\n<p>                Mark Youso<\/p>\n<p>            TNS<\/p>\n<p>Police have arrested a suspect on suspicion of murder in connection with the fentanyl overdose death in May of a 26-year-old man at a house in north Fort Worth.<\/p>\n<p>The Fort Worth Police Department\u2019s fugitive unit last week arrested Curtis Mukanza, 31, in the death of Cristian Hernandez at the house in the 9200 block of Paluxy Drive.<\/p>\n<p>Hernandez\u2019s death on May 28 was an accident caused by fentanyl toxicity, according to the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/mepublic.tarrantcounty.com\/\">Tarrant County Medical Examiner\u2019s Office<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After a few months of investigation, detectives successfully sought an arrest warrant for Mukanza, who was arrested also on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance, according to a police department spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>A state statute makes a person who sells fentanyl to someone who dies from exposure to the synthetic opioid <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/news\/local\/crime\/article314303532.html\">eligible for prosecution on murder<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/230256844\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/EmersonClarridge_Profile.JPG\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Emerson Clarridge\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/230256844\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Emerson Clarridge<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>            Emerson Clarridge covers crime and other breaking news for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He works days and reports on law enforcement affairs in Tarrant County. He previously was a reporter at the Omaha World-Herald and the Observer-Dispatch in Utica, New York.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police have arrested a suspect on suspicion of murder in connection with the fentanyl overdose death in May&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":591291,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5138],"tags":[5229,12424,7371,255588,255589,255587,7372,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-591290","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-arrest","10":"tag-fort-worth","11":"tag-fort-worth-fentanyl","12":"tag-fort-worth-murder","13":"tag-fort-worth-overdose","14":"tag-fortworth","15":"tag-texas","16":"tag-tx","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-united-states-of-america","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","21":"tag-us","22":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116073580857882410","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=591290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/591291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=591290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=591290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=591290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}