39-year-old Midland man, William Jake Childers, sentenced to 20 years for fatal fentanyl trafficking, resulting in 2 deaths.

39-year-old Midland man, William Jake Childers, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for his role in a fatal fentanyl trafficking conspiracy. Court documents reveal that Childers trafficked counterfeit M-30 Oxycodone pills containing fentanyl, which led to the deaths of two West Texas men. In both instances, law enforcement confirmed the cause of death to be acute fentanyl toxicity.