After a two-month investigation, the Hillsdale County Sheriff’s office has made three arrests in connection with the February death of Curtis Fowler by heroin overdose.
Corey Lee Gamble, 25, was arrested on suspicion of delivery of a controlled substance causing death and Marques Derron Dula, 28, was arrested on suspicion of delivery of a controlled substance causing death and conspiracy to commit delivery of a controlled substance causing death. Both were held on a $600,000 bond.
Christopher George Vanloon, 30, was arrested on suspicion of delivery of a controlled substance causing death and conspiracy to commit delivery of a controlled substance causing death and held on a $1.2 million bond. Both charges carry a maximum life sentence if convicted.
“We began the investigation early on to find out who had contact with him… interviewed people, and tracked down where they had been,” Lieutenant Tim Parker of the Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Office said.
Both Gamble and Dula were denied a request that bond be lowered by Judge Sara S. Lisznyai, and both will be hiring personal lawyers for their trials.
Curtis Fowler died of a heroin overdose on Feb. 3 of this year in his personal vehicle in the driveway of his home, located on Ash Te Wette Beach Drive. His mother discovered him that evening when she arrived home and found him unresponsive in his car. He was declared dead on arrival by the sheriff’s office.
The sheriff’s office has no new information about the arrests or the investigation.
