Ole Miss student toxicology reports to be completed next week and could trigger state law to crack down on fentanyl dealers

OXFORD, Miss.— Toxicology reports in the suspicious deaths of two University of Mississippi students are expected to be completed as early as next week, according to the state’s commissioner of public safety, and Oxford police have separately announced arrests in connection with a raid on a tobacco shop accused of trafficking narcotics.The victims have been identified as Robert Strang, a 20-year-old junior from Atlanta, and Aidan Hamilton, an 18-year-old freshman from Colorado.

Both families have asked for privacy and compassion as they mourn the loss of their sons.It remains unclear how the students died, but narcotics detectives are involved in investigations into both of their deaths.If the reports find fentanyl, there is a special Mississippi law that can be used to target whoever sold it, according to authorities.“Under Parker’s Law, enacted in 2022, criminal charges may be pursued when an unlawful delivery of fentanyl results in a person’s death,” Sean Tindell, the commissioner of Mississippi’s Department of Public Safety, told Fox News Digital.

“If the investigation establishes those circumstances, law enforcement will work with prosecutors to pursue the appropriate charges and hold those responsible accountable.”Separately, Oxford police have announced the arrests of two men in a narcotics investigation connected to a local tobacco shop.It’s not immediately clear whether the raid has any connection to the student deaths.“At this point in time, we do not know that,” Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch told Fox News Digital about whether the arrests are connected to the deaths.

“We know that, again, it’s been a very thorough situation as they are going through and making these arrests and preparing the evidence.So we don’t know at this point if they are connected at all.” Morning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.

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