Montco Drug Dealer Left Overdosing Friend To Die In KFC Bathroom

COLLEGEVILLE, PA — A Collegeville woman has been convicted after selling a fatal heroin dose to a friend who she met in rehab, later leaving her to die in what prosecutors described as an "unconscionable" crime.

Emma Semler, 23, was convicted by a jury on numerous counts, including distribution, heroin resulting in death, and related charges.

Semler became friends with the victim back in Nov. 2013 when they were both in a drug rehabilitation facility, according to the office of First Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams.

In May 2014, the victim sent Semler a message on Facebook Messenger asking for heroin, authorities said. Semler told her that she knew where they could get heroin, and agreed to give the victim a syringe to use to inject with.

Semler brought the victim and her younger sister with her to the Overbrook section of Philadelphia, where they met a dealer at the KFC restaurant on 61st Street and Lancaster Avenue. After buying the heroin, the three women went into the KFC bathroom and they each injected, according to Williams' office.

The victim then apparently asked for a second dose, "because it was her birthday," officials said. Semler gave her the second dose, and she immediately began to show signs of overdosing.

Instead of helping her, however, Semler and her sister cleaned up the bathroom and fled the scene, telling no one about what was happening to the victim. Williams said it was "appalling" and "unconscionable" that Semler ran while "her friend lay dying on the floor."

A KFC employee found the victim later on and called 911. First responders tried to revive her, and she was rushed to a hospital but she was soon pronounced dead.

Additional charges were filed against Semler because the KFC was located within 1,000 feet of a playground.

Semler has been detained pending sentencing, which is set for March 29, 2019.

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