Murder charge dismissed against Joplin woman in fentanyl overdose death

The Newton County Prosecuting Attorney's office dismissed second-degree murder charges against Amber Michelle Krohn, 47, Joplin, today, doing what Prosecuting Attorney William Lynch described to KSN as potential issues with evidence. 

Krohn had been charged in connection with the November 4, 2023 fentanyl overdose death of Jessica Reggaro, 36.

The allegations against Krohn were detailed in the probable cause statement.

Information was developed from neighbors that {the victim} was a user of heroin/fentanyl and had visited "Amber's trailer" on the evening of November 4, 2023. The neighbor knew "Amber" and occupants of her trailer to be users of heroin/fentanyl.

The neighbor last had contact with via cell phone text message on November 4, 2023 at approximately 7:15 pm. Results of the blood draw were provided to this Detective from the Newton County Coroner's Office and showed blood contained a lethal amount of Fentanyl along with an amount of Norfentanyl.

Upon review of the contents of cell phone, messages were located between Amber Krohn and {the victim}. These messages indicated {The victim} purchased an amount of fentanyl from Krohn, at Krohn's residence, which was identified as being within Newton County, on November 4, 2023.

At 7:25 pm on November 4, 2023, messages Krohn to tell her she is smoking what she got from her.