Woman charged in connection to King City death this summer

GENTRY COUNTY, Mo. (News-Press NOW) -- The Missouri State Highway Patrol has filed charges against Lynsey N. Chan in relation to the death of a man in July in King City, Missouri.

On July 28, the Gentry County Sheriff's Office, King City Police Department and MSHP's Division of Drug and Crime Control responded to a residence located on South Grand Street in King City, where an adult male was found dead in the yard.

Chan is facing charges of delivery of a controlled substance, first-degree manslaughter and second-degree manslaughter, according to court documents.

A probable cause statement filed in the case said Chan knowingly supplied fentanyl, a controlled substance, to the victim. A witness in the case said she observed the man take multiple hits of the drug by smoking it off of aluminum foil.

According to a felony complaint document in the case, Chan forced the victim to leave her residence and watched him through security footage, as he was showing signs of overdose, and failed to call for emergency assistance. The court document also said she advised others not to call for medical assistance as well.

The controlled substance charge and first-degree manslaughter are class C felonies that carry a range of punishment of a prison term of years not less than three and not to exceed 10 years, a fine not to exceed $10,000 or by both imprisonment and a fine, according to a felony complaint document

The second-degree manslaughter charge, a class E felony, is punishable by a prison term of years not less than one year and not more than four years, by a fine of no more than $10,000 or both.

A warrant for Chan's arrest was filed Wednesday.