Q: Can I contact the DA about an overdose death investigation that I believe is taking too long, and how?
December 31, 2018 my daughter father/ my best friend died from an overdose. No one ever contacted me, his girlfriend, or his mother during this course. I found out who was in charge of his investigation and she asked me to come, she told me alot and what she could, now a new person is in charge. I reached out to him for anything that has been updated and offered to help anyway I could (the same I did with the first) , he basically replied saying he will let me know if he needs me. Nothing has came about it. His mother asked me to see what I can do and find out because she lives 2 hours away and it's too hard on her right now losing both of her children 10 years apart.
A:
There is a lot of information missing here to give you a good answer. Reaching out to the District Attorneys office would be a normal course of action. Keep in mind they may know nothing about the investigation but many times, depending on county, if its a drug delivery resulting in death investigation they will know. Importantly, they have no legal obligation to share status updates of the investigation with you. In fact, there are some pretty strict laws preventing them from giving out information. A final word, you say the investigation is taking too long. Homicide investigations arent quick. If thats what they are looking at they can take months.
Sorry for your loss and good luck.
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