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Jeffrey Warren Shackleford has been charged with drug delivery resulting in death among other charges, in the April 13 death of Carrie Hamilton, Manheim Township police said.
**UPDATE: Shackelford was convicted of multiple drug-related offenses which he is currently appealing**
Hamilton was found unresponsive in a residence in the 1300 block of Hollywood Drive in Manheim Township at 4:54 a.m.
Police found Hamilton's boyfriend performing CPR on her, Lancaster Online reports.
Emergency medical services arrived at the scene and transported her to Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital, where she later died.
Hamilton died of combined drug toxicity, according to the Lancaster County coroner's office. A toxicological report found cocaine, morphine, fentanyl and norfentanyl in her system at the time of her death.
Hamilton was a graduate of class of 2013 graduate of Manheim Township High School and she studied nursing at the Lancaster County Career & Technology Center, according to her obituary.
She met her husband while working as an assistant manager at Weis Markets at the Stony Battery Road store.
She is survived by her husband Timothy W. Hamilton, and their daughter Brooklynn Ann Hamilton; her parents, James D. and Dorothy A. (McGill) Godin; and her sister Brandi Godin.
Her Funeral and Memorial Services were held privately.
Hamilton's boyfriend told to police he had taken her to meet a known drug dealer in the parking lot of a Lancaster Township Turkey Hill on April 12 around 10:30 p.m., according to the affidavit obtained by Lancaster Online.
Shackleford’s vehicle was spotted on surveillance video at the Turkey Hill parking lot around 11 p.m.
Hamilton was supposedly seen on video entering the vehicle for several minutes before leaving.
Text messages between Hamilton and Shackleford arranging the transaction were also discovered by police during the course of their investigation.
The majority of the drugs were seized from a "Pik-Nik" brand potato-stick snack can, previously reported by Daily Voice.
Shackleford admitted selling crack cocaine and heroin to Hamilton, but claims he never intentionally sold her Fentanyl, according to the affidavit.
He was charged with the following, according to court documents:
- F Drug Delivery Resulting in Death
- F Criminal Use of Communication Facility Incident
For the "Pik Nik" arrest he was charged with the following:
- F Manufacture, Delivery, or Possession With Intent to Manufacture or Deliver (2 Counts)
- M Possession Of Marijuana
- M Use/Possession Of Drug Paraphernalia
Shackleford remains in Lancaster County Prison in lieu of $250,000.
His next court appearance will be before Judge David Miller on Oct. 5.
He has a criminal record of drug offenses and has previously pleaded guilty to drug delivery charges in 2007, 2010 and 2013.
Editor's note: A previous and incorrect version of this story stated that Hamilton's husband was found performing CPR on her. The story has since been updated to reflect that her boyfriend was the one performing CPR.
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