San Diego, California – Bryan Kim Bullard built his reputation as a prolific drug dealer in San Diego County, but the moment that sealed his fate was not a sale—it was a silence. On the night of September 9, 2023, as 25-year-old Danielle Good lay unconscious in a bathtub, Bullard waited. He texted friends, made video calls, and recorded footage of her body. What he didn’t do was seek help.
That delay—more than an hour between his request for Narcan and a 9-1-1 call—ended in tragedy. On Friday, Bullard was sentenced in federal court to 20 years in prison, the maximum allowed under the law, for his role in distributing fentanyl that led to Danielle’s death and his subsequent failure to intervene.
The court heard disturbing details of Bullard’s actions that night. Though he recognized early that Danielle was in medical distress, he prioritized online chats and documented her condition in a video he later circulated. When he finally called emergency services, he used her phone and said little beyond the word “overdose.” He ended the call before life-saving instructions could be provided. He fled the Mission Valley apartment before police arrived…