Attorney General’s Office files murder charges in 2019 overdose death case

Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor filed first-degree murder charges against an alleged drug dealer in the 2019 overdose death of an Oklahoma woman.

O’Connor’s office said Macee Grabber was 24-years-old when she was found dead of an apparent drug overdose at her family’s home. Hughes County Sheriff’s Department deputies collected drug paraphernalia from the scene.

The evidence at the scene was taken to Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics’ (OBN) agents who submitted it to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) for testing. Testing the paraphernalia indicated presence of both heroin and meth.

Autopsy results confirmed that both drugs were in Grabber’s system and contributed to her death. O’Connor’s office stated that evidence gathered during the multi-agency investigation led to the arrest of Dylan Richardson for allegedly giving the drugs to Grabber.

O’Connor charged Richardson with first-degree murder, distribution of a controlled dangerous substance, and use of a communication facility in the commission of a felony.

“We will continue to use every means possible under Oklahoma law to arrest and prosecute drug dealers who push deadly drugs like heroin into our communities,” O’Connor said. “Although prosecuting the dealer will not bring Macee Grabber back to her family, it will take him off the streets.”

He continued, “It will also send a clear message to drug dealers that going to prison for murder could result from every sale they make.”

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