Missouri Highway Patrol reopens probe into Crocker overdose death

Missouri Highway Patrol reopens probe into Crocker overdose death

CROCKER, Mo. – The Missouri State Highway Patrol confirms it has reopened an investigation into a 2022 overdose death after concerns with how a small-town police department handled the case. Now, a Wildwood couple is hoping it can finally get answers three years after their son died. Jeffrey Pratt Jr. died in Crocker, Missouri, in 2022. The county coroner declared the death a drug overdose, but case records raise serious questions about the inve…

Man charged in opioid overdose death: OPP

A West Elgin resident faces a manslaughter charge in a man’s opioid overdose death nearly two years ago, provincial police say.