Anita Anders spoke through tears about losing her 30-year-old daughter to a fentanyl overdose last year in Williamson County.
“Three hundred and seventy-five days ago, I stood over my daughter’s body and promised I would see it through to the end,” she said in a news conference Wednesday at the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office about the arrest last week of a the man in connection with Jensen Ander’s death. Anders said she meant ensuring that justice was served.
Garrett Wise, 33, of Austin was arrested March 19 and charged with murder. Officials said he was found to be in possession of additional fentanyl when arrested. Under Texas law, a person can be charged with murder if someone dies as a result of fentanyl they distributed.
According to an arrest affidavit, investigators found text messages between Wise and Jenson Anders that showed they had discussed him selling fentanyl to her. Detectives used location data to determine Jensen had been near Wise’s house a few days before her death, the affidavit said. It said Wise later told investigators that Jensen had reached out to him about buying fentanyl.
Jensen Anders died on March 15, 2025, in her boyfriend’s room in the 50 block of County Road 433 in Thrall, according to the affidavit.
Wise is on probation in Travis County after being charged in 2020 with aggravated assault involving serious bodily injury, according to district clerk records. He is being held in the Williamson County Jail on $500,000 bail…