Las Vegas Review-Journal (Sunday)

Arrest made in woman’s ’22 overdose

- By David Wilson Contact David Wilson at dwilson@reviewjour­nal.com. Follow @davidwilso­n_rj on Twitter.

A man who sold a woman fentanylla­ced pills last year has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder, police said.

Cobre Clark, 54, was arrested on Feb. 3, almost a year after 39-year-old Henderson resident Kimberly Kujat died from a drug overdose inside her home.

Kujat was found dead inside her bathroom by her family the morning of Feb. 25, 2022.

Later that day, a woman told police she was responsibl­e for setting Kujat up with a drug dealer, according to a Metropolit­an Police Department arrest warrant.

Kujat and the woman met with Clark at a gas station after she told her friend that she was having shoulder and wrist pain, according to the warrant.

Several pill bottles, and oxycodone pills that were tested and found to be counterfei­t, were discovered inside the bathroom with Kujat.

The Clark County coroner’s office ruled that Kujat died from the combined effects of fentanyl, gabapentin and topiramate.

Metro’s overdose response team worked with the Henderson Police Department on the case.

According to police, Clark was working at Prestige Senior Living at Mira Loma when he sold the drugs to Kujat.

In a statement Thursday, Prestige Senior Living confirmed that Clark was employed by the company but could not share any more details.

Police reviewed text messages and social media correspond­ence between Kujat and the woman who connected her with Clark.

Kujat was survived by her husband and three children, according to an online obituary.

Clark is due in court on April 11 and is out of custody after posting $20,000 bail, court records show.

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