FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A drug overdose is the cause of death for a man at a Fresno State fraternity.
Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer held a news conference Thursday afternoon to update the public on the death of 19-year-old Omar Nemeth.
Chief Dyer says it appears Nemeth’s death was an accidental overdose of the prescription drug Xanax.
The incident was called in around 2:30pm Wednesday, January 3rd with crews responded to the Delta Sigma Phi building, from there the 19 year old was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Chief Dyer says Nemeth, his 17-year-old girlfriend and 16-year-old brother had been smoking marijuana and taking Xanax throughout the day Tuesday before going to the fraternity house.
“Omar had been taking Xanax pills throughout the day, starting about 11:00 am. Not sure how many pills he did take but he took them all the way from 11:00am periodically throughout the day, and there was information that he had continued to do that between 3:00am and 5:00am at the fraternity house.” Chief Jerry Dyer.
Chief Dyer says none of the three are members of the fraternity, but had friends there.
Detectives also discovered through interviews that Nemeth was a chronic user of Xanax and Marijuana.
The investigation currently shows his death was from an accidental overdose.
The Fresno County Coroner will have the final toxicology report in about 4 weeks.
Click below to listen to the report by KMJ’s Liz Kern:
