NBC Bay Area: Alleged Drug Dealer Charged with Murder After Fentanyl Overdose

An alleged drug dealer in San Jose has been charged with murder after prosecutors say he sold fentanyl to a man who was found dead from an overdose days later.

Manuel Rodriguez, 29, was set for arraignment Thursday in connection with the death of 61-year-old Jeffrey Diaz, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office.

Diaz was found dead in his apartment on April 26 of this year by county sheriff's deputies, and investigators located text messages in his phone from about 10 days earlier that appeared to show a fentanyl deal, and data showed that he stopped using his cellphone that day, prosecutors said.

Court documents indicate the sheriff’s special enforcement division found text messages and security footage showing a fentanyl deal.