Woman gets murder charge in drug death

The two friends talked about scoring some heroin and then made a buy from a dealer one of them knew.

One of the women used the suspected heroin and died.

Now, her friend, Vicki A. Sakers, 41, of Lake Worth, has been indicted by a grand jury on charges that include first-degree murder.

Candace Moreland, 37, died on Dec. 16, 2017 after deputies were called to Sakers’ home “regarding an overdose,” the Palm Beach County Sheriff ’s Office said.

According to investigators, earlier — after the two talked about getting some heroin — Sakers called a drug dealer she knew and the two drove to the area of Lantana Road and Military Trail where “Sakers purchases 3 capsules of suspected heroin from the drug dealer and possibly Xanax,” the sheriff’s office said in a news release.

In the car on the way back, Moreland snorted one of the capsules Sakers had given her, investigators said.

Back at Sakers’ residence, Sakers fell asleep after taking the Xanax and when she awoke about 10 p.m. she found her friend unresponsive.

Moreland died less than 30 minutes later, rescuers said.

The case was presented to a grand jury in Palm Beach County on Thursday and jurors returned an indictment charging Sakers with firstdegree premeditated murder and distribution of narcotics.

During a court appearance Friday, Sakers was ordered to remain jailed without bond.