Woman, 22, charged with drug-induced homicide

Kristina L. Keating

Kristina L. Keating (Illinois Department of Corrections photo)
By Dennis Sullivan Special to the Tribune

3:47 p.m. CST, March 6, 2013

A 22-year-old Romeoville woman serving time in the Illinois Department of Corrections on two Will County drug convictions has been charged with drug-induced homicide in the fatal heroin overdose of a 20-year-old Plainfield-area man in 2011.

Will County Sheriff's Police spokeswoman Kathy Hoffmeyer said Kristina L. Keating, of the 2000 block of Whitmore Drive, provided Emelio R. Medina with heroin on Oct. 28, 2011, from a source in Chicago. Medina's mother and sister found him unresponsive in his bedroom around 1 p.m. the next day, Hoffmeyer said.

Keating and two other friends told investigators they had been with Medina the previous night at his home, where he was restricted as the result of a residential burglary conviction, Hoffmeyer said.

Medina was among 30 persons who died from drug overdoses involving heroin as the sole or primary agent during 2011. Only one other person, who died six months earlier, was younger than 21.

Will County Circuit Court Judge Robert Livas approved the charge against Keating Tuesday. Hoffmeyer said she was unaware of any charges pending against anyone else in connection with Medina's death.

Keating was sentenced May 25 to three years in prison after pleading guilty to possession of a narcotic in 2011 and possession of a controlled substance in 2012.

She is the second person this week to be charged with drug-induced homicide, a Class X felony with a sentencing range of 6 to 30 years, if convicted.

Maximillian Kalemba, 21, of the 12200 block of Lakeview Trail in Homer Glen was arrested Monday on the charge in connection with the 2012 heroin-related death of Randall Witte, 23, of the 13700 block of Cannonade Court in Orland Park.

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