infoFlorida woman charged With Manslaughter In Overdose Death Of Customer

Florida woman charged With Manslaughter In Overdose Death Of Customer

Kristen Lower, 27 (DOB 11/13/1992), was arrested Friday in a traffic stop conducted by members of the Volusia Sheriff\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Office Deltona Crime Suppression Team.

She is charged in the death of 29-year-old Michael Holland, who was pronounced dead in his Osteen home on Saturday afternoon, May 25, 2019. Family members found him unresponsive in his room.\nDetectives used text message records and other evidence to determine Lower\u00e2\u0080\u0099s involvement in providing Holland with the drugs that killed him.

During Friday\u00e2\u0080\u0099s traffic stop, Lower was also arrested on new charges of possession of Oxycodone, possession of a Schedule II substance and driving with a suspended license.

Lower posted $25,000 bond on the manslaughter charge and $5,500 on her other charges and was released from the Volusia County Branch Jail on Friday evening.

She is the seventh person the Sheriff\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Office has charged with murder or manslaughter in connection to a drug overdose death since 2017.