Farmington man accused of giving girlfriend lethal combination of drugs
A Farmington man is being held without bail after being accused of giving his girlfriend a combination of fentanyl and xylazine that led to her overdose, according to a complaint filed Monday.
State police said Dustin Wade Twardesky, 43, admitted to giving his girlfriend, Sheena Janel Rectanus, 38, of Farmington two stamp bags containing a combination of fentanyl and xylazine, which she injected last Thursday. Twardesky said he also injected drugs but left the house after the two got into an argument.
The following day, around 1:10 p.m., police responded for a possible cardiac arrest at a home on Farmington Ohiopyle Road in Wharton Township. They found Rectanus lying face up on the bedroom floor with a needle in her left arm and a bleeding puncture wound on her right arm.
Police reported that it appeared the woman had been deceased “for some time” prior to their arrival. The complaint noted police saw drugs and drug paraphernalia scattered throughout the room.
Twardesky reportedly told troopers that when he came home around 1 p.m., he found Rectanus lying face down on the floor in a fetal position. He said she was unresponsive, and when he turned her over, he noticed that she was stiff.
Twardesky is currently being housed at the Fayette County jail and a preliminary hearing is is scheduled for later this month in front of District Judge Nathan Henning.