UPDATE:
Bachman, who had been in jail since February 3, was sentenced to no further jail time based on time served.
She will spend the next 18 months on house arrest, followed by six months on parole and then eight years on probation, County Judge Dennis Reinaker ordered.
We are learning more about the charges involved in a prescription drug death in Lancaster County that claimed the life of an 18-year-old woman. The woman in this case died in June but the charges were just filed.
This case is just another example of how dangerous prescriptions can be. We are talking about Fentanyl.
It’s a potent pain killer that is used to treat severe pain. Because it’s so strong, it’s also dangerous if abused. As a result of abuse, one woman is dead and another could spend the rest of her life in prison.
"The last seven months of my life have been hard,” explained Roshella Marshall. “Very hard getting through."
On June 4 of 2011, Roshella Marshall lost her 18-year-old daughter, Christina Albright, after she took the prescription drug, Fentanyl.
"My one and only daughter has been in heaven now for the past seven months," Marshall continued.
The Fentanyl was prescribed to 44-year-old Michelle Bachman, of Columbia. Bachman was renting a room from Albright’s mother.
The affidavit says that Bachman gave Albright the prescription drugs because the teen asked for some. Albright took it and died two days later.
According to court documents, the coroner ruled that Albright’s death was the result of “Multiple Drug Toxicity.” But if Albright had not taken the Fentanyl, she would not have died.
Bachman told police she loved Albright as if she were her own daughter and she knew the medication was not to be shared.
"I feel some sense of relief but my daughter can never be replaced,” Marshall added. “She was my one and only daughter, and she's gone, she's in heaven. May she rest in peace. This is some sense of relief that justice has prevailed for me and my family."
Bachman now faces upwards of 62 years in prison for four counts, including involuntary manslaughter.
An 18-year-old Lancaster County woman is dead and now a 44-year-old woman is charged. The teen died last June, but charges were only filed Thursday.
44-year-old Michelle Bachman of Columbia was charged with giving an 18-year-old girl one of her prescribed fentanyl patches, a painkiller, last spring.
According to Bachman, 18-year-old Christina Marie Albright then put the fentanyl patch in her mouth, and on June 4, emergency responders arrived to the girl's Stonehouse Lane home in Columbia and rushed Albright to the hospital.
Bachman also lived at the home. Police say she rented a room from the teen's mom. Bachman told police that the girl asked for one of the painkillers, so she gave her one.
Two days later, Albright died at Hershey Medical Center. Thursday night, the victim's mom says she's comforted to know that seven months later, justice will be served in her daughter's death.
“Very hard getting through with my daughter passing away, my one and only daughter has been in heaven now the last seven months,” stated the victim’s mother, Roshella Marshall. “Justice has now prevailed for me, a sense of relief, I’m so overwhelmed.”
Bachman told police that she knows she was wrong to give the teen the painkillers. Bachman said she knew she was not authorized to share her medication.
She said she did not mean to hurt Christina and that she loved her like a daughter. Bachman now faces up to 62 years in prison if convicted on all four charges related to the teen's death.
