Fort Bragg Girl’s Fentanyl Death Tied to Snapchat Drug Deals, Prosecutors Say
President Donald Trump has pledged to win a war against fentanyl, using military force if necessary.
In Fort Bragg, Mendocino County District Attorney David Eyster is using all the tools at his disposal to try to curb fentanyl overdose deaths. That includes applying a theory of “implied malice” to the case of Kailand Ignacio Garcia, who is accused of second-degree murder in the death of a 17-year-old Fort Bragg girl who died of fentanyl poisoning on Jan. 17, 2024.
According to a brief prepared by the prosecution for Judge Clayton Brennan, Alyson Sanchezllanes is portrayed as a regular customer of Elohi Triplett, then a juvenile, who sold her counterfeit oxycodone pills known as M-30s or “blues.” Prosecutors allege that Triplett was supplied by Garcia.
“Bruh, these perks finna kill me no joke,” Sanchezllanes wrote in a Dec. 8, 2023, Snapchat message to Triplett. The message included a photo of a small plastic baggie containing two M-30 pills.
Four days later, she posted a digital photo with the caption: “my dealer and I are each others best friends on snap. We’re giving each other affirmation rn. Might fall in love w this one too idk yet.”
On the night of her death, Sanchezllanes also engaged in Snapchat conversations with Garcia, who used the username “cashkai100k,” from 7:46 p.m. until about a half-hour after midnight.
In an interview with an investigator, a friend of Sanchezllanes said she had seen both Triplett and Garcia sell pills to Sanchezllanes. According to the prosecution, the friend indicated that Triplett was Sanchezllanes’ primary supplier because he charged $20 per pill, while Garcia charged $30. She said Sanchezllanes would often meet Garcia at the skate park on Willow Street.
Another witness, Emmanuel Tiscareno, told investigators he had confronted Triplett and Garcia, warning them: “Do you want a murder case? You’re going to kill someone one of these days, and it’s gonna go straight to your fuckin name.” Tiscareno said Sanchezllanes gave him a ride on Jan. 16 and told him she had purchased pills from Triplett that night. Snapchat data confirmed the purchase, prosecutors alleged.
According to the brief, Snapchat GPS data show Garcia and Triplett meeting at Garcia’s house at 7:47 p.m. Jan. 16. Triplett and Sanchezllanes met at 8:13 p.m. At that time, Triplett sent a message to Emma Vanhorn instructing her: “get two perks from my jacket and give it to Allison chck outside please. She should give you money.” Vanhorn told investigators she was in the bathroom when Sanchezllanes arrived and that Triplett went outside to meet her.
Garcia was interviewed by investigators following Sanchezllanes’ death. According to the brief, he said he did not know her and refused to answer questions about $8,563 found in his jacket, along with pills, on Feb. 5, 2024. He admitted using drugs but denied selling them and refused to identify his supplier. He also claimed he did not really know Triplett. After being confronted with his Snapchat account information, Garcia invoked his right to an attorney.
To convict Garcia of second-degree murder, the prosecution must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he committed an act that caused Sanchezllanes’ death, and that he did so intentionally and with knowledge that the act was dangerous to human life. Prosecutors must also prove he acted with conscious disregard for human life.
In the brief, prosecutors argue that Garcia was “well aware of the dangerous and lethal nature of fentanyl” and that he knew the “juvenile male who he was supplying M-30s to was in turn selling those pills for profit to other minors.” They also alleged Garcia was “well aware” of Sanchezllanes’ drug dependency.
“The People contend that the defendant knew that the act of furnishing fentanyl was dangerous to others, but did so anyway, not caring if someone was hurt or killed from it,” the brief concluded.
A preliminary hearing in People of the State of California v. Kailand Ignacio Garcia is scheduled for Sept. 17, 2025.
