GRAND RAPIDS, MI— An Oregon man has been sentenced to 17 years in prison in connection with the drug death of a Sault Ste. Marie man.
In February of 2023, the victim ingested pills he had ordered online and died of fentanyl poisoning. Examination of his phone led police to Kai Packer of Eugene, Oregon.
Packer operated various online storefronts that sold drugs on the Snapchat and Telegram apps. He sold pills that he claimed were oxycodone or Adderall, but when undercover officers ordered pills, the advertised oxycodone was actually fentanyl and the alleged Adderall was meth.
Packer used a stolen identity as an alias.
He was sentenced in Grand Rapids federal court to 204 months in prison for distribution of fentanyl resulting in death and the unlawful use of a means of identification.
