A suspected drug dealer tied to two fatal teen overdoses in Santa Rosa last weekend was in court Tuesday morning, and his arraignment was postponed but he remained in custody.
Ramon Nunez, 21, was arrested for dealing narcotics believed to be responsible for the deaths of Santa Rosa High School student Gia Walsh, 16, and her boyfriend, Montgomery High School student Logan Camp, 18, police said.
The prosecution on Tuesday asked the judge for 60 more days to build its case against Nunez. But Nunez remained in jail in connection to the overdoses of two other teens who survived and are recovering in the hospital. He is due in court Wednesday in that case, with proposed bail of $2 million, authorities said.
"The issue is his knowledge," Sonoma County District Attorney Carla Rodriguez said. "So, any other victims, any other purchasers, anything that goes to show his knowledge over the dangers of his actions is relevant."
Investigators say Walsh and Camp believed what they were ingesting was cocaine, but it actually was fentanyl.
It's not clear if the two other girls who overdosed, one 14 years old and one 16, also believed what they were taking was cocaine.
In the fatal case, Nunez faces charges including second-degree homicide, furnishing narcotics to a minor and furnishing narcotics to a minor four or more years younger.
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