ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Sean Warner, the 26-year-old man Anchorage police say administered a fatal dose of heroin Friday to 14-year old-Jena Dolstad, is a Navy veteran -- who, according to his family, was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder following a tour of duty in Afghanistan.
“They did medicate him and unfortunately, his medications, it didn’t seem to be enough, so he went to the streets,” said Doug Tweedie, Warner’s uncle, who spoke with KTUU from his home in Bend, Ore.
“Sean was pretty much a regular guy until heroin came into his life,” Tweedie said.
Warner is in custody, facing charges of delivering a controlled substance to a minor, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and evidence tampering.
Now he could face more a more serious manslaughter charge for causing Dolstad’s death.
“I feel that whatever Sean is responsible for, he should be held accountable,” said Angela Tweedie, Warner’s aunt.
