VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – Thomas Syslo of Torrance is facing a charge of second-degree murder as well as narcotics and money laundering charges after an investigation into a 2023 fatal overdose in a Thousand Oaks hotel room.
On Aug. 4, 2023, deputies were called to the scene of an overdose at a hotel in Thousand Oaks where they seized drug paraphernalia and other evidence during an investigation into the death of the 30-year-old man stated the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office in a press release Monday.
The Ventura County Medical Examiner’s Office later determined that the cause of the Thousand Oaks man’s death was a lethal combination of fentanyl, gabapentin, and diphenhydramine and the Ventura County Fentanyl and Overdose Crimes Unit took over the case shared the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office…