A Webb City woman is formally charged in the fentanyl overdose death of a 27-year-old Columbus man.
22-year-old Mikaela Marie Sellars faces charges of Distribution of a Controlled Substance Resulting in Death and Distribution of Controlled Substances Using a Communication Device stemming from the July 2 death of Patrick Stephens. Stephens was found dead at a home in Columbus and an autopsy determined he died from Fentanyl Intoxication. Since that time, the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office and Columbus Police Department have been investigating the events leading up to Stephens' death.




