Trial Date Set in Case of Tosa Teenager's Heroin Death
Two men accused of selling powerful narcotic to Alexandra Hopping, 19, will stand trial June 11.
Two men charged with murder in the heroin overdose death of a Wauwatosa teenager have been scheduled for trial in June. Daniel Lee Birtic, 23, of Waukesha and Edwin Esteves, 33, of Milwaukee will stand trial June 11 on charges of first-degree reckless homicide by delivery of drugs in the death of Alexandra Michelle Hopping, who was 19. The trial date was set on Wednesday in a Milwaukee County Circuit Court hearing. According to police reports and interviews with investigators: Alex, as she was known to family and friends, was found dead inside the home she and her mother shared in the 1800 block of North 70th Street after she overdosed on heroin bought through Birtic and Esteves. The men were charged under the state’s “Len Bias Law” in …
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Jim Price
9:20 pm on Wednesday, January 18, 2012
My heart goes out to you, Catherine. The Wauwatosa police have told me they have other overdose deaths under investigation but cannot release details yet because the investigations are ongoing – meaning they are still seeking evidence against the perpetrators and can't divulge critical details. But they also say that many – most, really – of these investigations lead to dead ends, I'm sorry to … more ›