Wisconsin Man Faces Prison For Daughter's Heroin Overdose Death

GRAFTON, WI — A Grafton man accused of homicide for helping his adult daughter buy the heroin that killed her will stand a jury trial in October, according to reports. Terry Hibbard, 60, faces prison time and a steep fine if convicted.

Hibbard is being charged with first-degree reckless homicide for driving his 32-year-old daughter, Taralyn Hibbard, to buy heroin on July 9, 2017. He pleaded not guilty to the charge.

The complaint says Hibbard drove Taralyn to Milwaukee "once or twice a week" to buy heroin. That day, Taralyn bought $60 of heroin near 60th Street and Good Hope Road from a dealer named "Cheese," the Journal Sentinel reported.

When they got home, Taralyn gave a line of heroin to her father, who snorted it. Taralyn kept the rest "as she always did," Hibbard recalled, a criminal complaint says. The heroin was "really potent," Hibbard said, according to the complaint.

Hibbard last saw his daughter alive around midnight.

On July 10, a friend Taralyn was staying with called police to report her death, which was determined to be a result of an opioid overdose. Taralyn had been staying there for a few months to try to get clean, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.

But police found texts between the father and daughter, talking about getting drugs. They also found texts with Cheese to arrange the purchase.

Cheese, later identified as Davion Poe, fell for a police sting operation in which Hibbard bought more heroin from him, Fox reported. Poe pleaded guilty on Feb. 21 to first-degree reckless homicide. He was sentenced eight years in prison and 10 years of extended supervision.

Hubbard pleaded not guilty to the charge of reckless homicide. If convicted, he may spend 40 years in prison and face $100,000 in fines, according to the Journal Sentinel.

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