New Jersey Woman Sentenced in Darien Overdose Death

DARIEN, IL - A New Jersey woman who mailed heroin to a friend staying in Darien last August has been sentenced to six years in prison.

Amanda Guarneri, 25, has been sentenced to six years in prison with the Illinois Department of Corrections for drug-induced homicide after sending heroin to Dane Carver, 26, who was also from New Jersey but staying in Darien at the time.

Carver was staying in an Extended Stay hotel while in the Chicago area on business, the State's Attorney's office said at the time. According to a release, he didn't show up for work, and co-workers asked the hotel to check on him. Officers found him unresponsive.

Patch originally reported on the story last year when the Darien and Downers Grove police departments worked together to discover that Guarneri had mailed several packets of heroin laced with fentanyl to Carver. Carver overdosed and died from the drugs.

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