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Aug 5, 2026 at 3:00 PM ET
Man pleads guilty in fentanyl death; gets 15 years
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Michael Ralph Daignault pleads guilty to second-degree murder in a 2022 fentanyl overdose death; sentenced to 15 years.
WHO: Michael Ralph Daignault, 64
WHAT: Pleading guilty to second-degree murder tied to unlawful fentanyl distribution causing a fatal overdose; sentenced to 15 years
WHEN: Aug 5, 2026 at 2:43 PM ET
WHERE: Cumberland County Criminal Court, Cumberland County, TN
WHY: He admitted unlawfully distributing fentanyl that was the proximate cause of Christopher Ray Hale’s death.
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