A man is charged with murder and involuntary manslaughter in the drug overdose deaths of two men who worked together at a local restaurant.

The identities of the two drug overdose victims were redacted in court documents.

Jackson County prosecutors charged Angel Esparza, 32, with second-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter and delivery of a controlled substance except 35 grams or less of marijuana or synthetic cannabinoid.

Lee's Summit Police contacted a Jackson County Drug Task Force detective on Oct. 22, 2023, about a suspected overdose death in a Lee's Summit apartment.

The detective said the victim was found in a bedroom with "numerous items of drug paraphernalia that were photographed and collected as evidence," according to a court document.

An autopsy report on Nov. 8, 2024,

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