CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – After two days of testimony and nearly six hours of deliberation, a Montgomery County jury found Dominic Enrique Rios, 33, not guilty on all charges in a 2022 fentanyl overdose death.
Rios was acquitted of second-degree murder and selling and delivering fentanyl in the death of 27-year-old Matthew Ashburn.
What happened the night Ashburn died
Ashburn was found dead on the back deck of his Hunting Creek Court home on Aug. 14, 2022. Investigators previously testified that a folded piece of paper containing blue residue tested positive for fentanyl. Cut straws were found in the trash, and Ashburn’s phone showed a series of late-night calls with Rios.
Jurors also saw messages Ashburn sent to his friend Taylor Mayes around 1:06 a.m. on Aug. 13, including “I got that” and “He pulled up on me LOL.” Google Maps data showed Rios’ phone at the residence minutes earlier. In a police interview played for jurors earlier in the trial, Rios said someone had given Ashburn his number at a party, and later said that person was Mayes…