Jailed Man Charged With Giving Wilmington Teen Fatal Heroin Dose

A Dwight man already in jail for allegedly dealing heroin was charged with providing a deadly dose to a Wilmington teen.

Joseph Alksnis, 24, was charged with drug induced homicide and the unlawful delivery of a controlled substance in connection with the March 2013 death of Heather Watson.

Alksnis gave Watson the heroin that killed her, according to a criminal complaint filed Thursday in Will County court.

Alksnis was arrested and jailed a year after Watson’s death in connection with an unrelated heroin case. He was picked up by the Metropolitan Area Narcotics Squad in March 2014 on a charge of manufacture or delivery of heroin. That case remains pending.

Alksnis was being held at the Will County jail in lieu of $400,000 bond before he was hit with the drug induced homicide case. The additional charges carry a separate bond of $500,000.

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