A surgical assistant at Mansfield Center-based Connecticut Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Center and a former colleague entered the center after hours and stole morphine for personal use, which eventually led to the surgical assistant's death last year, according to NBC Connecticut. Now, the former colleague has been charged with second-degree manslaughter for her role in the surgical assistant's death.
Here are five things to know:
1. The two women decided to steal a vile of morphine from the ASC after drinking together on Sept. 8, 2016. The victim had a history of narcotic use, and the former employee Jessica Hill, 46, had a previous arrest for larceny and burglary at the center, according to the Hartford Courant.
2. The pair then went to the victim's home and injected the morphine; according to Ms. Hill, they injected themselves and each other. Ms. Hill spent the night at the victim's home and left the next morning. The victim was found and pronounced dead later that day.
3. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner rule the death a homicide and found the cause of death was acute intoxication, resulting from mixing alcohol and narcotics.
4. After police searched Ms. Hill's cell phone records, they found Ms. Hill and the victim corresponded about "happy pills." The records did not find any details about specific substances or their intention to obtain some, according to the warrant.
5. Ms. Hill's will appear before the Superior Court in Danielson, Conn., on Oct. 11.