Woman pleads guilty to involuntary manslaughter after brother fatally overdoses
August 28, 2019
Attorneys are recommending a 36 year-old Zanesville woman serve four years in prison after she pleaded guilty to a pair of felonies related to the overdose death of her older brother.
According to Muskingum County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Ron Welch, 49 year-old Ronald Dusenberry was visiting Jenell Sellars at her home on Glendale Drive with the intention of “shooting up” with her for his first time.
Welch said Sellars told Dusenberry she had just received fentanyl from a friend the day before he arrived.
According to Welch, Sellars said the pair went to sleep around 6 a.m., but when she woke up a few hours later, her brother was no longer breathing.
When first responders arrived, they found Dusenberry unresponsive and without a heartbeat.
He was confirmed dead the morning of Feb. 10.
Wednesday morning, Sellars pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, a first-degree felony, and corrupting another with drugs (fentanyl), a second-degree felony.
Welch added during the plea hearing that Sellars had the intention to sell some of her fentanyl supply.
Sellars will be sentenced next week.
She is being held in the county jail on a $200,000 bond.
Grieved Heart • Sep 21, 2019 at 12:11 am
For those of you who know the Lord, please pray for the family members this will affect- the innocent & the suffering- the hurting & the crying- the grieving & the lost- the hopeless & the lonely. Anyone can throw opinions and point fingers or jump to defend.. Oh, that we would pull close around those who have been hit by the tragedy of such a tremendous loss!
John Doe • Aug 28, 2019 at 8:25 pm
4 yrs are you serious! Hell might as well let her walk free. Scum like this is what is wrong with society.
Kevin Caplinger • Aug 28, 2019 at 7:49 pm
Ron was my cousin didnt see him much but we were family ron waz a man that luved 2 play drums Ron we luv u dont know the whole story mayb never will Janelle his lil sister will have 2 live with it the rest of her life R.I.P. RON “RONNIE CUZ U WILL B MISSED LUV YOUR CUZ WORM ! PLZ PEOPLE WAKE UP B4 U CANT