CENTRALIA, IL — Centralia police have arrested a 39-year-old woman for alleged Drug-Induced Homicide in connection with the September overdose death of 36-year-old Mathew E. Proksha.

According to Centralia Police Chief Greg Dodson, at 1:30 p.m. New Year’s Eve, officers arrested Jeri L. Carpenter (pictured), of Centralia after she was identified as being responsible for providing Proksha with the drugs that resulted in his death. Toxicology results indicated that Proksha died of a Fentanyl overdose.

Dodson says Fentanyl is commonly mixed with or substituted for heroin and is typically much more potent and has a higher risk of overdose.

Carpenter was processed and transported to the Marion County Jail in Salem to appear on the charges.

This case has been referred to the state’s attorney to review to see if additional charges can be brought against another subject involved.