Five adults found dead in apartment as another adult and a baby are hospitalized and cops probe ‘illicit narcotics’

A PRELIMINARY investigation has suggested that the five people found dead in a Denver apartment may have overdosed on fentanyl, said the district attorney.

Drug tests done at the apartment in Commerce City found an “overwhelming amount” of fentanyl and cocaine, said 17th Judicial District Attorney Brian Mason.

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Evidence suggests the victims had snorted the substance, a common way to ingest cocaine than fentanyl when they died.

However, autopsies and drug tests for each victim still need to be conducted in order to confirm how they died, said Mason.

Fentanyl is a synthetic painkiller that has caused a spike in fatal drug overdoses. Authorities have said that it’s been found mixed in cocaine, heroin, oxycontin and, in a few cases, marijuana.

“No drug is safe right now,” said Mason.

The bodies were discovered around 3:45pm after authorities responded to a call of five unconscious adults and all five were deceased by the time they arrived, said Commerce City Police Commander Rob McCoy.

A 29-year-old woman and a four-month-old infant survived the bizarre incident. Of the dead, it was three men and two women who did not survive. Their ages ranged from 24 to 32, said authorities.

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Chief Clint Nichols said in a news conference Sunday night that substances that "could be described as illicit narcotics" were found inside the apartment. However, more testing needs to be done.

"If it was drugs, no one was able to get to a phone and call in a medical emergency," said Nichols, calling the incident "very bad."

McCoy said that it did not seem that the adults were victims of violence, however, he could not provide many details due to the ongoing investigation.

The apartment was tested by firefighters for hazardous gas, but it came back negative. It was also swept for hazardous substances before detectives were able to investigate.

Some neighbors said the victims died of fentanyl, however, nothing has been confirmed as of yet.

Both the child and adult found inside the apartment were taken to the hospital but appear to be uninjured.

“I hope the parents were not in there,” said Nichols about the child, “but I’ve been doing this long enough…it would probably be safe to suggest the parents probably were inside, and so for the infant, that’s going to be a long time without parents.”

The surviving adult was described as “lucid” and had talked to police.

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