Bryan Bullard and Cameron Fulston are charged in the case of the slain Carlsbad woman

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Two people were indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday for allegedly distributing fentanyl that caused the death of a 25-year-old Carlsbad woman.

According to the office of US Attorney Tara McGrath, the defendants in this case are 43-year-old Bryan Kim Bullard and 29-year-old Cameron William Fulston.

According to court records, San Diego police officers were dispatched to a Mission Valley apartment complex on September 10, 2023, on suspicion of a drug overdose after receiving a 911 call.

About a minute before that call, an initial call came from the victim’s phone in which a man said “overdose, overdose” and then hung up, the attorney’s office said. The call ended while the operator attempted to explain life-saving measures.

Responding officers found the victim, identified in court records only as DG, lying unconscious on the bathroom floor of the apartment. The woman was given CPR until paramedics arrived. The victim died five days later in the hospital from complications of a fentanyl overdose, court records show.

In the toilet where the victim was, police discovered a piece of foil with a brown liquid and a lump of a white substance, the law firm said. Blue pills with the inscription “M30” were also found. Both the foil and the banknotes tested positive for fentanyl.

An investigation led federal agents to the defendants.

“Behind every fatal overdose is a dealer putting someone’s life at risk,” said U.S. Attorney McGrath. “We hold them responsible for stopping the cycle of devastation they perpetuate.”

If convicted of the deadly distribution of fentanyl, Bullard and Fulston could face 20 years in prison.