The culprit in the deaths of three Kansas City Chiefs fans was all too common

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The deaths of three Kansas City Chiefs fans who froze to death captured the attention of murder mystery fans. Three men in their 30s all dying outside one home seemed implausible. Was it foul play? Poisoning? A plot? The answer was simpler: They were killed, by a tragically usual suspect. Autopsy results showed that each had fentanyl, the powerful synthetic opioid, in their systems. The Kansas City men are hardly alone. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that the overdose death rate for 2023 was 112,000 people, a new record. According to the United States Drug Enforcement...