Teen's Death: Heroin Dealer Convicted for Selling Drugs

A Washington, D.C., drug dealer has been convicted of selling the potent heroin that led to the death last summer of McLean teen Emylee Lonczak.

Antowan Thorne, 37, was convicted Wednesday during a bench trial, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The charges focused on 100 grams of heroin Thorne sold to northern Virginia residents in 2012 and 2013.

It was a potent drug that Emylee and Kyle Alifom reportedly purchased from Thorne Aug. 21, 2013.

Emylee, 16, passed out and later died; the state medical examiner ruled her death “accidental,” and said she had a reaction from the mix of heroin and an over-the-counter antihistamine.

Alifom has been sentenced to 80 months in prison for hiding Lonczak’s body after her overdose.

Thorne will be sentenced Nov. 14.

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