Man sentenced to 117 months for involvement in teenage mother’s overdose death

A man has been sentenced to serve just under 10 years in prison for his role in the overdose death of a 17-year-old Wichita girl last year.

Samuel Gonzalez Jr., 19, was initially charged with distribution of a controlled substance causing death after his girlfriend, 17-year-old Adianna Perales, was found unresponsive from an overdose in her bedroom closet. He pleaded guilty in September to unintentional but reckless second-degree murder.

On Friday, Gonzalez was sentenced to 117 months followed by 36 months of post-release supervision, a Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office spokeswoman said…

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