SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (KOLO) - A Nevada man has been sentenced to 17 years in prison after selling a Utah woman the fentanyl that resulted in her death.

41-year-old Bryan Walter McMahan of Las Vegas will also serve three years of parole after his release. The DOJ says he mailed the woman a package of oxycodone pills containing fentanyl. The woman died after ingesting them.

McMahan will also pay more than $8,000 in restitution to the victim’s family.

On Oct. 7, 2023, McMahan mailed an envelope addressed to the victim with at least four pills containing fentanyl from a Las Vegas post office.

McMahan tried to text the victim three days later but was unable to get a hold of her. She was found dead inside her room. A padded mailing envelope bearing McMahan’s name, return address and tracking

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