JOHNSON COUNTY —A Kansas woman is going to prison for a teen's deadly overdose death.
On February 10, Judge Christina Dunn Gyllenborg sentenced 48-year-old Trina L. Golden to 186 months for distribution of drugs causing death, and 9 months each for two counts for use of a communication facility during a drug felony. All counts are to run consecutive to each other for a controlling sentence of 204 months in prison, according to the Johnson County District Attorney's office.
In July, a jury convicted Golden of distribution of drugs causing death and use of a communication facility during a drug felony, according to Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe.
The victim was 19-year-old Maddelyn Miller who died of an overdose in July of 2020 at her home in Overland Park.
According to her obituary, Miller attended Olathe East High School, graduated in 2019 and planned to study at Johnson County Community College.