Teen Girl Dies Of Drug Overdose At Seven Corners Apartment: Police

SEVEN CORNERS, VA — Fairfax County police are investigating a fatal overdose of a teenage girl that occurred Monday at a home in the Seven Corners area.

Officers responded to an apartment in the 2900 block of John Marshall around 6 p.m. on Monday, where they found a teenager unconscious and not breathing. The teen was taken to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

Detectives determined that the teen girl was video chatting with a friend when she became unconscious. The friend alerted a family member, who called 911. Inside the apartment, detectives found evidence of narcotic usage near where the teen was found.

Fairfax County police did not say what drug the girl took, but they did say that the Drug Enforcement Administration reports that as little as 2 mg of fentanyl, the amount seen on the tip of this pencil, can amount to a deadly dose.

Some of the most common types of fentanyl that the FCPD has encountered have come in the form of small blue pills, “perk 30s” or “M30” pills. Other common types of drugs marketed to youth that may contain fentanyl include counterfeit prescription pills such as Xanax, Percocet, or Adderall, as well as powders marketed as heroin or cocaine.

For the past several years, more than 90 percent of all drug overdoses in the Fairfax Health District have involved fentanyl, police said.

Residents can call the Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board Entry & Referral line at 703-383-8500 for information about substance use treatment services for youth and adults.

Detectives are asking anyone who may have information about the overdose in Seven Corners to contact them at 703-246-7800, option 5. Tips can also be submitted anonymously through Crime Solvers by phone at 1-866-411-TIPS (866-411-8477), or by web.