Southern Shores police charge two in 2018 overdose death

Jake Hodges

Southern Shores police have charged two people with involuntary manslaughter and the sale and delivery of heroin in the death of a 26-year-old man last fall.

The overdose occurred on Oct. 29, 2018 at a home on Duck Woods Drive, police said in a news release.

“After an extensive investigation,” police on Monday charged 30-year-old Jake Garland Hodges of Rodanthe and 28-year-old Jessica Mercedes Baudeloque of Kill Devil Hills both with involuntary manslaughter and the sale and delivery of heroin.

Jessica Baudeloque [Courtesy Southern Shores police]
Jake Garland Hodges [Courtesy Southern Shores police]

Both were jailed on $75,000 bond.

Southern Shores police thanked the Nags Head Police Department for its assistance in the case.

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